A Novel Ultrasound Methodology for Estimating Spine Mineral Density

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 281-300

  Conversano, Francesco ^a   Franchini, Roberto ^a   Greco, Antonio ^b   Soloperto, Giulia ^a   Chiriacò, Fernanda ^a   Casciaro, Ernesto ^a   Aventaggiato, Matteo ^b   Renna, Maria Daniela ^a   Pisani, Paola ^a   Di Paola, Marco ^a   Grimaldi, Antonella ^c   Quarta, Laura ^c   Quarta, Eugenio ^c   Muratore, Maurizio ^c   Laugier, Pascal ^d   Casciaro, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Echolight Srl   (Italy)

^c ASL Lecce   (Italy)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone mineral density measurement; Lumbar spine; Osteoporosis diagnosis; Quantitative ultrasound; Radiofrequency signal analysis

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISEASES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MINERALS; ULTRASONICS;

BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; LUMBAR SPINES; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS SCORE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; X RAY BONE DENSITOMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENSITOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE;

BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84919866597     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.08.017     Document Type: Article

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