Effect of fixation, soft-tissues, and scan projection on bone mineral measurements with dual energy, X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 140-145

  Lochmuller E M ^a   Krefting, N ^a   Burklein D ^a   Eckstein, F ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; DXA; Fixation; Reproducibility; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE MINERAL; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0035035060     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002230001192     Document Type: Article

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