Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 59-74 , January 2008

Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Children and Adolescents: The 2007 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions

  • Babette Zemel

      Affiliations

    • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Babette Zemel, PhD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street, Room 1560, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA.
    • Task Force Chair.
    • ,
  • Shona Bass

      Affiliations

    • Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Teresa Binkley

      Affiliations

    • South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Gaele Ducher

      Affiliations

    • Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Heather Macdonald

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Heather McKay

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Laurie Moyer-Mileur

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • John Shepherd

      Affiliations

    • University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Bonny Specker

      Affiliations

    • South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Kate Ward

      Affiliations

    • University of Manchester Imaging Science & Biomedical Engineering, Manchester, UK
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Didier Hans

      Affiliations

    • Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Task Force Liaison.

Received 5 December 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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PII: S1094-6950(07)00254-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.12.006

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
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