Assessing bone microstructure at the distal radius in children and adolescents using HR-pQCT: A methodological pilot study

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-455

  Burrows, Melonie ^a   Liu, Danmei ^a   Perdios, Angeliki ^b   Moore, Sarah ^a   Mulpuri, Kishore ^b   McKay, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone imaging; Bone microstructure; Growth plate; HR pQCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE PLATE; BONE STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GROWTH PLATE; HIGH RESOLUTION PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; ULNA;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULNA;

EID: 77957716034     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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