Quality Assurance in Bone Densitometry

Current Radiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Diano, Danila ^c   Ponti, Federico ^c   Bazzocchi, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorptiometry, photon; Health care; Osteoporosis; Quality assurance; Quality control; Radiation dosage; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940270704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40134-013-0033-9     Document Type: Review

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