Is bone mineral density measurement using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry affected by gamma rays?

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-278

  Xie, Liang Jun ^a   Li, Jian Fang ^a   Zeng, Feng Wei ^a   Jiang, Hang ^a   Cheng, Mu Hua ^a   Chen, Yi ^a  

^a THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Gamma ray; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GAMMA RADIATION; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GAMMA RAY; RADIONUCLIDE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HIP; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84881094000     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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