Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 211-220 , April 2008

Reproducibility and Sources of Variability in Radiographic Texture Analysis of Densitometric Calcaneal Images

  • Tamara J. Vokes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tamara J. Vokes, MD, Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland, MC 1027, Chicago, IL 60637.
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  • Ann Pham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Joel Wilkie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Masha Kocherginsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Siu-Ling Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Michael Chinander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Theodore Karrison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Octavia Bris
    • ,
  • Maryellen L. Giger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Received 26 February 2007 ,Revised 11 September 2007 ,Accepted 24 October 2007.

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 Funding support: supported by grants K23 AR048205-01A1, AR42739-S1, and AR42739 from the National Institute of Health.Presented in part at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

PII: S1094-6950(07)00238-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.10.004

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 211-220 , April 2008

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