Use of computed tomography for assessing bone mineral density

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schreiber, Joseph J ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^b   Hsu, Wellington K ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Hounsfield unit; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84904862285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.5.FOCUS1483     Document Type: Article

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