Radiation exposure in X-ray-based imaging techniques used in osteoporosis

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2707-2714

  Damilakis, John ^f   Adams, Judith E ^a,b   Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^c,d   Link, Thomas M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Radiology   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone structure; DXA; Osteoporosis; QCT

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957877373     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1845-0     Document Type: Review

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