Triple photon absorptimetry cannot correct for fat inhomogeneities in lumbar spine bone mineral measurements
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Clinical Physics and Physiological Measurement
- Vol. 11 (1), 77-84
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0815/11/1/007
Abstract
In vivo fat inhomogeneities can cause significant errors in measurements of lumbar spine mineral mass using dual photon absorptiometry. Extension to a triple photon techniques to correct for the presence of fat is not possible because of the unacceptable increase of about a factor of 3000 required in the radiation dose to yield sufficient transmitted photons for adequate precision.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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