Vertebral Morphometry by DXA: A Comparison of Supine Lateral and Decubitus Lateral Densitometers

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-301

  Pearson, Derek ^a   Horton, Barbara ^a   Green, Desmond J ^a   Hosking, David J ^a   Goodby, Ann ^b   Steel, Susan A ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DXA; image quality; morphometry; vertebral dimensions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPINE POSITION; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33747499170     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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