The effect of room temperature on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-140

  Culton, N L ^a   Pocock, N A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (bmd); Dual energy x ray absorptiometry (dxa); Precision; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALIBRATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BONE DENSITY; CALIBRATION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642570360     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-002-1330-y     Document Type: Article

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