Dual energy x-ray laser measurement of calcaneal bone mineral density

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1741-1752

  Hakulinen, M A ^a,b   Saarakkala, S ^a,b   Toyras J ^a   Kroger H ^a,b   Jurvelin, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DUAL ENERGY X-RAY LASER (DXL);

BONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SOFT TISSUE;

AGED; BIOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0038159331     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/12/305     Document Type: Article

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