Comparison between the MDCT and the DXA scanners in the evaluation of BMD in the lumbar spine densit

Purpose: To determine the bone mineral density of lumbar spine vertebrae by generating computerized tomography (CT) densitometric data based on the Hounsfield units (HU) from abdominal and lumbar spine CT examinations. Material and methods: All the CT examinations were performed with a 16-slice CT s...

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Main Authors: Jalil Pirayesh Islamian, Islam Garoosi, Kourosh Abdollahi Fard, Mohammad R. Abdollahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X16300250

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