Estimation of stature and length of limb segments in children and adolescents from whole-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-315

  Abrahamyan, Davit O ^a,b   Gazarian, Aram ^c   Braillon, Pierre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Sargsyan Military Institute   (Armenia)

^c HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DEXA); Growth; Length assessment; Whole body scan

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; LEG LENGTH; LIMB; LONG BONE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RADIUS; TIBIA;

EID: 39149107430     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0720-x     Document Type: Article

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