Determination of connectivity density in human iliac crest bone biopsies assessed by a computerized method

Bone

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 459-465

  Thomsen, Jesper Skovhus ^a,b   Barlach, J ^a   Mosekilde, Li ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Bone histomorphometry; Bone structure; Computerized; Osteoporosis; Trabecular bone connectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS;

EID: 0029897826     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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