Full Description
First Published in 1981, this book offers a full, comprehensive guide to measuring bone mass. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful reference for students of osteology, and other practitioners in their respective fields.
Contents
1. Introduction. 2. Radiogrammetry. 3. Radiograohic Absorptiometry (Photodensitometry). 4. Photon Absorptiometry. 5. Compton Scattering Methods. 6. Computed Tomography. 7. Partial Body Neutron Activation - Hand. 8. Partial Body Neutron Activation - Truncal. 9. Total Body Neutron Activation. 10. Retrospect and Prospects. Index.
