title: New developments in bone densitometry.
abstract: The new development in QCT and DPA will reduce the time of diagnostic studies to several minutes and improve precision severalfold. It may therefore be feasible to do selective screening procedures at costs as low as $50 to $100. Thus, these advances in QCT and DPA are promising to provide capabilities that have been needed in bone densitometry--high reliability, excellent patient throughput, and services at economical levels.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Genant
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steiger
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Glueer
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005682:Gadolinium; D005857:Germanium; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D005857:Germanium; D005682:Gadolinium