Measurement of bone mineral density in space

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2168-2169

  Charles, H K ^a   Beck, T J ^b   Feldmesser, H S ^a   Magee, T C ^a   Chen, M H ^a   Spisz, T S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dual x ray absorptiometry; Microgravity induced bone loss; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEALTH RISKS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SCANNING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADVANCED MULTIPLE PROJECTION DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; BONE LOSS; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; MICROGRAVITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLANETARY GRAVITY LEVEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036911756     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (1)

1. The AMPDXA System is funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Cooperative Agreement NCC 9-58 with the NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.