Assessment of the skeletal status by MR relaxometry techniques of the lumbar spine: Comparison with dual X-ray absorptiometry

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-256

  Maris, Thomas G ^a   Damilakis, John ^a   Sideri, Liana ^a   Deimling, Michael ^b   Papadokostakis, Georgios ^c   Papakonstantinou, Olympia ^c   Gourtsoyiannis, Nikos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Siemens Medical Solutions   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR relaxometry; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISEASE CONTROL; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); LUMBER SPINE;

RADIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE RELAXOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 2442629683     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.01.021     Document Type: Article

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