Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 359-364 , October 2007

An Atlas Improves Interobserver Agreement Regarding Application of the ISCD Vertebral Body Exclusion Criteria

  • Karen E. Hansen

      Affiliations

    • Osteoporosis Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
    • School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Karen E. Hansen, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mailbox 3244, Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
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  • Neil Binkley

      Affiliations

    • Osteoporosis Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
    • School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Robert D. Blank

      Affiliations

    • Osteoporosis Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
    • School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
    • William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Medical Center GRECC Service, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Diane C. Krueger

      Affiliations

    • Osteoporosis Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Rose C. Christian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Endocrinology Section, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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  • Daniel G. Malone

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Sanford Baim

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatic Disease Center, Glendale, WI, USA

Received 1 March 2007 ,Revised 14 August 2007 ,Accepted 14 August 2007.

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PII: S1094-6950(07)00207-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.08.003

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 359-364 , October 2007

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