Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 177-185 , April 2009

Data Acquisition Analysis for Femoral Morphometric X-Ray Absorptiometry

  • Vincent Boudousq

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: V. Boudousq, MD, PhD, Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France.
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  • Enrique Nalda

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
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  • Enric Jaegler

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
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  • Eric Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
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  • Jean Marc Dinten

      Affiliations

    • LETI-CEA-Direction de la recherche technologique, Département des micro technologies pour la biologie et la santé, CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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  • Laurent Collombier

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
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  • Nicolas Boisson

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
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  • Christophe Demattei

      Affiliations

    • Département de Biostatistiques, Epidémiologie, Santé Publique et Information Médicale (Medical IT Service), CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France
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  • Pierre-Olivier Kotzki

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Biophysique, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Debré, 30900 Nîmes, France

Received 8 December 2007 ,Revised 14 November 2008 ,Accepted 20 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.11.004

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 177-185 , April 2009

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