BMD Measurement and Precision: A Comparison of GE Lunar Prodigy and iDXA Densitometers

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-25

  Krueger, Diane ^a   Vallarta Ast, Nellie ^a   Checovich, Mary ^a   Gemar, Dessa ^a   Binkley, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; IDXA; Osteoporosis; Precision; Prodigy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856325276     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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