Quantitative Computed Tomography

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 589-600

  Lang, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone geometry; Bone strength; Computed tomography; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

AGING; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE STRENGTH; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINE; THIGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; HIP; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE DENSITY; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954169429     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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