Author | Huddleston, Alan L. author |
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Title | Quantitative Methods in Bone Densitometry [electronic resource] / by Alan L. Huddleston |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1988 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1725-8 |
Descript | XIV, 218 p. online resource |
1 Introduction -- Composition of Bone Tissue -- Bone Strength and Bone Mass -- Bone Mass Measurements -- 2 Radiographic Film Methods -- Radiographic Diagnosis (Radioscopy) -- Trabecular Indices -- Principles of Radiogrammetry -- Combined Cortical Thickness -- Barnett-Nordin Index -- Cortical Area -- Percent Cortical Area -- Exton-Smith Index -- Principles of Metacarpal Measurements -- Magnification Techniques -- Vertebral Measurements -- Radius Measurements -- Precision and Accuracy (Radiogrammetry) -- Clinical Measurements -- Radiographic Photodensitometry -- Precision and Accuracy (Photodensitometry) -- Videodensitometry -- 3 Single-Photon Absorptiometry -- Principles of Measurement -- X-ray Tube Sources for SPA -- Multiwire Proportional Counters -- Two-Dimensional SPA -- Precision and Accuracy (SPA) -- Effects of Adipose Tissue -- Clinical Measurements -- SPA in Children -- Fracture Risk -- Radiation Dose to Patients -- 4 Dual-Photon Absorptiometry -- Principles of Measurement -- Instrumentation and System Design -- Beam Hardening and Crossover Corrections -- Correction for Fat -- Precision and Accuracy -- Total-Body Bone Mineral Measurements -- Clinical Measurements -- Fracture Threshold -- Radiation Dose to Patients -- 5 Quantitative Computed Tomography -- Monoenergetic (Gamma) CT -- Precision and Accuracy (Gamma-CT) -- Single-Energy X-ray Quantitative CT -- Precision and Accuracy (Single-Energy X-ray CT) -- Beam-Hardening Effects -- Partial Volume Effects -- Effects of Marrow Fat -- Dual-Energy X-ray Quantitative CT -- Precision and Accuracy (Dual-Energy CT) -- Clinical Measurements -- Radiation Dose to Patients -- 6 Scattering Methods in Densitometry -- Compton-Scatter Imaging Methods -- Fixed-Point Compton-Scatter Methods -- Dual-Source/Dual-Detector Methods -- Dual-Source/Single-Detector Methods -- Single-Source/Single-Detector Methods -- Single-Source/Dual-Detector Method -- Finite Geometry Effects -- Multiple Scattering -- Clinical Measurements -- Coherent/Compton-Scatter Methods -- 7 Activation Analysis Methods -- Principles of Measurement -- Partial-Body NAA -- Precision and Accuracy (NAA) -- Clinical Measurements -- Radiation Dose to Patients (NAA) -- Proton Activation Analysis (PAA) -- Muonic X-ray Excitation -- 8 Clinical Applications and Comparison of Methods -- References