Quality assurance of imaging techniques used in the clinical management of osteoporosis

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1347-1354

  Guglielmi, G ^a,b   Damilakis, J ^c,d   Solomou, G ^c,d   Bazzocchi, A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone structure; DXA; Osteoporosis; QCT; QUS

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84873712267     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-012-0881-z     Document Type: Review

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