Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 322-329 , July 2009

Correcting Fan-Beam Magnification in Clinical Densitometry Scans of Growing Subjects

  • Jacqueline H. Cole

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jacqueline H. Cole, PhD, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055.
    • Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Jodi N. Dowthwaite

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Tamara A. Scerpella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Marjolein C.H. van der Meulen

      Affiliations

    • Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
    • Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA

Received 13 August 2008 ,Revised 7 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2009.

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PII: S1094-6950(09)00148-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2009.05.002

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 322-329 , July 2009

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