Quantitative ultrasound in the assessment of skeletal status

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1837-1848

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Adams, Judith ^c   Link, Thomas M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude dependent speed of sound (AD SoS); Bone quality; Broad band ultrasound attenuation (BUA); Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound (QUS); Quantitative ultrasound index (QUI); Speed of sound (SoS); Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MASS; CORTICAL BONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS; TRABECULAR BONE;

BONE AND BONES; DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OSTEOPOROSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650891829     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1354-1     Document Type: Article

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