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Abstract
Three evaluations of lumbar bone mineral content (BMC) were carried out at different
times at intervals of a few days in 10 normal volunteers aged between 18 and 60. The
dual photon absorptiometry technique was employed (using gadolinium-153 as radioactive
isotope). Data on 20 subjects aged from 23 to 62 were recorded on magnetic tape and
processed ten times by the same operator. The data for individual subjects proved
satisfactorily reproducible and the repeated processing of a single scan by the same
investigator gave very satisfactory results. The findings demonstrate that the evaluation
of lumbar BMC by dual photon absorptiometry can provide highly reproducible and acceptably
accurate data.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
January 18,
1988
Received in revised form:
January 15,
1988
Received:
June 22,
1987
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© 1988 Published by Elsevier Inc.
