Technical White Paper: Bone Densitometry

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 320-327

  Hawkinson, June ^a   Timins, Julie ^b   Angelo, Dennis ^c   Shaw, Margaret ^a   Takata, Russell ^c   Harshaw, Frances ^d  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Christ Hospital Jersey City   (United States)

^c Department of Radiation Protection ^*  (United States)

^d Harshaw Medical Physics Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; bone mineral density; dual energy x ray absorptiometry; ionizing radiation; osteoporosis; precision testing; quantitative computed tomography; quantitative ultrasound; radiation dose; radiation exposure; single energy x ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DUAL PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL X RAY DENSITOMETRY; PHOTODENSITOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAMMETRY; RADIOLOGIST; SINGLE ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; SINGLE PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34247535004     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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