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Thomas M. Link

Professor of Radiology, UCSF
Verified email at ucsf.edu
Cited by 44085

Osteoporosis imaging: state of the art and advanced imaging

TM Link - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Osteoporosis is becoming an increasingly important public health issue, and effective
treatments to prevent fragility fractures are available. Osteoporosis imaging is of critical …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation exposure in X-ray-based imaging techniques used in osteoporosis

J Damilakis, JE Adams, G Guglielmi, TM Link - European radiology, 2010 - Springer
Recent advances in medical X-ray imaging have enabled the development of new
techniques capable of assessing not only bone quantity but also structure. This article …

Quantitative MRI of cartilage and bone: degenerative changes in osteoarthritis

F Eckstein, D Burstein, TM Link - NMR in Biomedicine: An …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and quantitative image analysis technology has recently
started to generate a great wealth of quantitative information on articular cartilage and bone …

Complete Structure of the 11-Subunit Bovine Mitochondrial Cytochrome bc1 Complex

S Iwata, JW Lee, K Okada, JK Lee, M Iwata… - Science, 1998 - science.org
Mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex performs two functions: It is a respiratory
multienzyme complex and it recognizes a mitochondrial targeting presequence. Refined …

Long-term effect of testosterone therapy on bone mineral density in hypogonadal men

HM Behre, S Kliesch, E Leifke, TM Link… - The Journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
In both men and women, a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) is a major symptom of
hypogonadism. Although the effects of estrogens on osteoporosis in women are well …

Pedicle screw instrumentation of the thoracic spine in idiopathic scoliosis

UR Liljenqvist, HFH Halm, TM Link - Spine, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective study of the accuracy of thoracic pedicle screw placement in
patients with idiopathic scoliosis. Objectives. To evaluate the accuracy of thoracic pedicle …

Osteoarthritis: MR imaging findings in different stages of disease and correlation with clinical findings

TM Link, LS Steinbach, S Ghosh, M Ries, Y Lu, N Lane… - Radiology, 2003 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine whether knee pain, stiffness, and limited function in patients with
different stages of osteoarthritis correlate with the degree of disease assessed on magnetic …

Whole-body MR imaging for detection of bone metastases in children and young adults: comparison with skeletal scintigraphy and FDG PET

HE Daldrup-Link, C Franzius, TM Link… - American Journal of …, 2001 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of whole-
body MR imaging, skeletal scintigraphy, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo T1ρ and T2 mapping of articular cartilage in osteoarthritis of the knee using 3 T MRI

X Li, CB Ma, TM Link, DD Castillo… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation and treatment of patients with early stages of osteoarthritis (OA) is
dependent upon an accurate assessment of the cartilage lesions. However, standard …

Increased cortical porosity in type 2 diabetic postmenopausal women with fragility fractures

JM Patsch, AJ Burghardt, SP Yap… - Journal of bone and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The primary goal of this study was to assess peripheral bone microarchitecture and strength
in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes with fragility fractures (DMFx) and to …