Quantitative ultrasound methods to assess bone mineral status in children: Technical characteristics, performance, and clinical application

Pediatric Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-228

  Baroncelli, Giampiero I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE GROWTH; BONE TISSUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MINERAL METABOLISM; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK; SOFT TISSUE; ULTRASOUND;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39749128490     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e318163a286     Document Type: Review

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