Novel Assessment of Subregional Bone Mineral Density Using DXA and pQCT and Subregional Microarchitecture Using Micro-CT in Whole Human Vertebrae: Applications, Methods, and Correspondence Between Technologies

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-174

  Briggs, Andrew M ^a,b   Perilli, Egon ^c   Parkinson, Ian H ^c   Wrigley, Tim V ^b   Fazzalari, Nicola L ^c   Kantor, Susan ^b   Wark, John D ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Densitometry; DXA; micro CT; osteoporosis; pQCT; subregion; vertebra

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRATE; VOLUMETRY; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951622994     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.01.120     Document Type: Article

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