Vertebral morphometry: Current methods and recent advances

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1484-1496

  Guglielmi, G ^a,b   Diacinti, D ^c   van Kuijk, C ^d   Aparisi, F ^e   Krestan, C ^f   Adams, J E ^g   Link, T M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual X ray absorptiometry; Morphometric X ray absorptiometry; Morphometric X ray radiography; Osteoporosis; Quantitative vertebral morphometry; Semiquantitative vertebral assessment; Vertebral fractures; Vertebral heights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRIC X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; MORPHOMETRIC X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL MORPHOMETRY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 45849150014     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0899-8     Document Type: Article

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