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BICONCAVITY INDEX [1 record]

Record 1 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The biconcavity index is one of many noninvasive bone mass measurements to have been developed over the last several decades. [From OTSUR, 1986, p. 20.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Rapport entre la hauteur du milieu d'une vertèbre et celle de son bord antérieur. Il est normalement supérieur à 0,81. Un index inférieur signifie habituellement une ostéoporose assez accentuée pour entraîner des tassements vertébraux. [D'après SEZOS, 1974, p. 240f et EMSQU 30230, A10, s.d., p. 2.]

OBS

source c : EMSQU 30230, A10, s.d., p. 2.

Spanish

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