Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 232-236 , April 2008

Comparison of DXA Hip Structural Analysis with Volumetric QCT

  • Sven Prevrhal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sven Prevrhal, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94107.
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  • John A. Shepherd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Kenneth G. Faulkner

      Affiliations

    • Synarc, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Ken W. Gaither

      Affiliations

    • Synarc, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Dennis M. Black

      Affiliations

    • San Francisco Coordinating Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Thomas F. Lang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA

Received 7 August 2007 ,Revised 5 December 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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PII: S1094-6950(07)00261-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.12.001

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 232-236 , April 2008

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