Vertebral Morphometry

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-575

  Diacinti, Daniele ^a   Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dual x ray absorptiometry; Morphometric x ray absorptiometry; Osteoporotic vertebral fractures; Semiquantitative vertebral assessment; Vertebral fracture assessment; Vertebral morphometric x ray radiography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL MORPHOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; SPINE INJURY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE;

EID: 77954164497     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.02.018     Document Type: Review

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