A comparative study of computed digital absorptiometry and conventional dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 565-569

  Fiter, J ^a   Nolla, J M ^a   Gomez Vaquero C ^a   Martinez Aguila D ^a   Valverde, J ^a   Roig Escofet, D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed digital absorptiometry; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0034889076     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980170078     Document Type: Article

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