Computerized methods for X-ray-based small bone densitometry

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Haidekker, Mark A ^a   Stevens, Hazel Y ^b   Frangos, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Densitometry; Image analysis; Mouse; Radiology; X ray

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; STATISTICS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); DENSITOMETRY; DIGITISED RADIOGRAPHS;

BONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0347356236     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(02)00164-5     Document Type: Article

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