Bone mass and architecture determination: state of the art

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 737-764

  Griffith, James F ^a   Genant, Harry K ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; DXA; magnetic resonance imaging; osteoporosis; quantitative ultrasound; radiography

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYAPATITE; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FALLING; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERIOSTEUM; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIUS FRACTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56349125209     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2008.07.003     Document Type: Review

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