Inter-scanner differences in in vivo QCT measurements of the density and strength of the proximal femur remain after correction with anthropomorphic standardization phantoms

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1225-1232

  Carpenter, R Dana ^a   Saeed, Isra ^b   Bonaretti, Serena ^b   Schreck, Carole ^b   Keyak, Joyce H ^c   Streeper, Timothy ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^d   Lang, Thomas F ^b  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Gateway Building 3C309   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone mineral density; Hip; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS; STANDARDIZATION;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CORRECTION EQUATION; IN-VIVO IMAGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROXIMAL FEMUR; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

SCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMORPHIC STANDARDIZATION PHANTOM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; BODY POSTURE; DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

AGED; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTURE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84908071593     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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