Discriminatory ability of magnetic resonance T2* measurements in a sample of postmenopausal women with low-energy fractures: A comparison with phalangeal speed of sound and dual X-ray absorptiometry

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 706-712

  Damilakis, John ^a   Maris, Thomas ^a   Papadokostakis, George ^a   Sideri, Liana ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance relaxometry; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHALANX; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIB FRACTURE; SAMPLE; SOUND; VELOCITY; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 7044269417     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200411000-00009     Document Type: Article

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