Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 123-162 , January 2008

Clinical Use of Quantitative Computed Tomography and Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in the Management of Osteoporosis in Adults: The 2007 ISCD Official Positions

  • Klaus Engelke

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen, Germany
    • Synarc, Hamburg, Germany
    • Task Force Chair.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Klaus Engelke, PhD, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen, Henkestr 91, D 91052 Erlangen, Germany.
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  • Judith E. Adams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Division of Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Manchester, UK
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Gabriele Armbrecht

      Affiliations

    • Center of Muscle and Bone Research, Charite—University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Peter Augat

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Research Laboratory, Trauma Center, Murnau, Germany
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Cesar E. Bogado

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Research, Instituto de Investigaciones Metabolicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Mary L. Bouxsein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Dieter Felsenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charite—University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    • Task Force Member.
    • ,
  • Masako Ito

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Sven Prevrhal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Task Force Member.
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  • Didier B. Hans

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
    • Task Force Liaison.
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  • E. Michael Lewiecki

      Affiliations

    • New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
    • Task Force Liaison.

Received 5 December 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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PII: S1094-6950(07)00258-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.12.010

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 123-162 , January 2008

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