Improved precision with Hologic Apex software

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1597-1602

  Fan, B ^a   Lewiecki, E M ^b   Sherman, M ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Miller, P D ^c   Genant, H K ^a,d   Shepherd, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO CLINICAL RESEARCH AND OSTEOPOROSIS CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^d SYNARC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DXA); Osteoporosis; Software version

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SCINTISCANNING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 53549129219     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0594-2     Document Type: Article

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