Precision and Accuracy of DXA and pQCT for Densitometry of the Rat Femur

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-390

  Horton, Jason A ^a,b   Murray, Gayle M ^b   Spadaro, Joseph A ^a   Margulies, Bryan S ^a,c   Allen, Matthew J ^a   Damron, Timothy A ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Densitometry; DXA; pQCT; Precision; Small animal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1642534649     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:6:4:381     Document Type: Article

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