Assessment of calibration methods for estimating bone mineral densities in trauma patients with quantitative CT: An anthropomorphic phantom study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 822-834

  Goodsitt, Mitchell M ^a   Christodoulou, Emmanuel G ^a   Larson, Sandra C ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bones, absorptiometry; Bones, CT; Computed tomography (CT), quantitative; Osteoporosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0034824241     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80760-2     Document Type: Article

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