The radiologist's important roles and responsibilities in osteoporosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-387

  Link, Thomas M ^a   Adams, Judith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fractures; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoporosis; Quantitative computed tomography; Trabecular bone structure

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESPONSIBILITY; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 69849086473     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.075     Document Type: Editorial

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