Quantitative computed tomography

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-227

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a   Lang, Thomas F ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Peripheral QCT; Spinal quantitative computed tomography (QCT); Volumetric QCT

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0036765420     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36719     Document Type: Review

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