Mechanical validation of a tomographic (pQCT) index for noninvasive estimation of rat femur bending strength

Bone

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Ferretti, José Luis ^a,b   Capozza, R F ^a   Zanchetta, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Metabolicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

BMD; Bone biomechanics; Bone geometry; Noninvasive determination; Peripheral QCT; Rat femur; Volumetric BMD

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE BOWING; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0029989467     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(95)00438-6     Document Type: Article

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