Quantitative CT in the measurement of bone quantity and bone quality for assessing osteoporosis

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 557-568

  Dougherty, G ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bone structure; Compound tomography (CT); Fracture risk; Osteoporosis; Texture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DISEASES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BONE QUALITY; BONE QUANTITY; BONE STRUCTURE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0030272125     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(96)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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