Quantitative Computed Tomography in Children and Adults

Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 264-276

  Gluer C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Bone mineral density (BMD); Children; Clinical application; Finite element (FE) modeling; Fracture risk assessment; Quantitative computed tomography (QCT); Spinal single slice QCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940647737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118453926.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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