Dual photon absorptiometry using a gadolinium-153 source applied to measure equine bone mineral content

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3851-3863

  Moure, Alessandro ^a   Reichmann, Peter ^b   Gamba, Humberto Remigio ^c  

^a MCT   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; GADOLINIUM; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; RADIATION;

ABSORPTIONMETRY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM; GADOLINIUM 153; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; VELOCITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HORSES; METACARPUS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0348013278     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/23/004     Document Type: Article

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