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Article: Study findings from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital broaden understanding of bone research.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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Investigators publish new data in the report 'Comparison of QCT-derived and DXA-derived areal bone mineral density and T scores.' "Two-dimensional areal bone mineral density (aBMD) of the proximal femur measured by three-dimensional quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in 91 elderly women was compared to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) aBMD results measured in the same patients. The measurements were highly correlated, though QCT aBMD values were marginally lower in absolute units," researchers in Perth, Australia report (see also Bone Research).
"Transformation of the QCT aBMD values to T score values using National Health and Nutrition Examination ...