Mechanical properties of trabecular bone from the proximal femur: A quantitative CT study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 107-114

  Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Gerhart, Tobin N ^a,c   Hayes, Wilson C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Boston Orthopaedic Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Boston Orthopaedic Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation values; Bones, fracture; Bones, mineral content; Computed, tomography; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0025012729     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199001000-00020     Document Type: Article

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