The use of clinical CT for baseline bone density assessment

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 896-899

  Hopper, Kenneth D ^a   Wang, Ming Peng ^a,c   Kunselman, Allen R ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUADONG HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bones, absorptiometry; Bones, density; Computed tomography; Osteoporosis; Quantification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE, ABSORPTIOMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE CT; VERTEBRAL BODY;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034465345     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200011000-00015     Document Type: Article

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