Peripheral quantitative Computed Tomography (PQCT) in the evaluation of bone geometry, biomechanics and mineral density in postmenopausal women;La Tomografia Computerizzata quantitativa periferica nella valutazione della densità minerale, delle proprietà geometriche e biomeccaniche dell'osso nelle donne in postmenopausa

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-241

  Di Leo, Claudio ^a,e   Tarolo, Gian Luigi ^a   Bagni, Bruno ^b   Bestetti, Alberto ^a   Tagliabue, Luca ^a   Pietrogrande, Luca ^c   Pepe, Leonardo ^d  

^a Servizio di Medicina Nucleare   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Laboratori Scientifica   (Italy)

^e SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Postmenopausal osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036517672     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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