Measuring apparent trabecular structure with pQCT: A comparison With HR-pQCT

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-53

  Lala, Deena ^a,b   Cheung, Angela M ^c,d   Lynch, Cheryl L ^a,b   Inglis, Dean ^e   Gordon, Chris ^e   Tomlinson, George ^c,d   Giangregorio, Lora ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bone density; Bone geometry; Bone structure; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BONE DENSITY; BONE GEOMETRY; BONE STRUCTURE; PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84895008254     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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