Assessing the Clinical Utility of Quantitative Computed Tomography With a Routinely Used Diagnostic Computed Tomography Scanner in a Cancer Center

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-46

  Hui, Susanta K ^a   Weir, Victor J ^b   Brown, Keenan ^c   Froelich, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mindways Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Multi detector computed tomography (MDCT); Precision; Quantitative computed tomography (QCT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; CANCER CENTER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 79551470272     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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