Analysis of bone mineral density distribution at trabecular bones in thoracic and lumbar vertebrae using X-ray CT images

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-185

  Hayashi, Tatsuro ^a   Chen, Huayue ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Zhou, Xiangrong ^a   Hara, Takeshi ^a   Yokoyama, Ryujiro ^b   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^b   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Osteoporosis; Quantitative computed tomography (QCT); Vertebra; Vertebral trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959930763     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: 14355604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-010-0204-1     Document Type: Article

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