About the Authors
- John T. Schousboe
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: john.schousboe@parknicollet.com
Affiliations Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Kevin E. Wilson
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Affiliation Hologic, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Thomas N. Hangartner
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Affiliation BioMedical Imaging Laboratory, Wright State University and Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr.'s Schousboe and Hangartner receive research grant support from Hologic, Inc., a manufactuer of bone densitometers.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JS KW TH. Performed the experiments: JS TH. Analyzed the data: JS. Wrote the paper: JS TH. Other: Contributed to editing the manuscript: KW. Oversaw aquisition of both densitmetric lateral spine (VFA) images and lateral digital spine radiographs: TH. Scored densitometric lateral spine (VFA) images and digital spine radiographs for abdominal aortic calcification: JS.