Patient-Specific DXA Bone Mineral Density Inaccuracies: Quantitative Effects of Nonuniform Extraosseous Fat Distributions

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1020-1027

  Bolotin, H H ^a   Sievanen H ^b,c   Grashuis, J L ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Bone mineral density inaccuracies; DXA; Marrow; Nonuniform extraosseous fat distributions

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOM; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMUR; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 0142091194     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.6.1020     Document Type: Article

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