A New Measuring Device for Quantifying the Amount of Mineral in the Heel Bone

When photon absorptiometry methods are used for determining bone mineral, a three-tissue-component system, composed of bone mineral, lean soft-tissue, and adipose tissue, is analyzed. To obtain a unique solution for this three-tissue-component system, three independent relations must be used. Dual-e...

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Published inAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 904; no. 1; pp. 115 - 117
Main Authors SWANPALMER, JANOS, KULLENBERG, RAGNAR
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2000
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Absorptiometry, Photon - instrumentation
Absorptiometry, Photon - methods
Bone Density
Calcaneus - chemistry
Humans
Photons
Reproducibility of Results
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Summary:When photon absorptiometry methods are used for determining bone mineral, a three-tissue-component system, composed of bone mineral, lean soft-tissue, and adipose tissue, is analyzed. To obtain a unique solution for this three-tissue-component system, three independent relations must be used. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry has recently become a widely used method, and, in combination with a knowledge of the total thickness of the attenuator, the requirement for a unique solution of the three-tissue-component system is fulfilled.
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ISBN:1573312576
9781573312578
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06432.x