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A densitometric method of determining the mineral content of bone

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1972 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:The British Journal of Radiology, volume 45, pages 210-212 (issn: 0007-1285, eissn: 1748-880X,

Authors: O. Dyankov; I. Katranoushov;

doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-45-531-210

pmid: 5015273

A densitometric method of determining the mineral content of bone

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Abstract A new reference system for the densitometric measurement of bone mineral in vivo is proposed. A solution of ZnCl2 in water with the same effective atomic number as hydroxyapatite is described. The concentration is calculated from a modification of the equation of Spiers (1946) for determining Zeff of a chemical compound. The solution of ZnCl2 has been tested experimentally and used in practice to measure the hydroxyapatite content of compact bone and spongiosa in the index metacarpal. A simple method of obtaining two radiographs in projections perpendicular to each other is utilized.

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Solutions, Zinc, Absorptiometry, Photon, Chlorides, Methods, Humans, Hydroxyapatites, Metacarpus, Technology, Radiologic, Bone and Bones

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medical and health sciences

clinical medicine

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clinical medicine

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