Application of automatic image segmentation to tibiae and vertebrae from ovariectomized rats

Bone

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 401-409

  Helterbrand, J D ^a   Higgs Jr , R E ^a   Iversen, P W ^a   Tysarczyk Niemeyer, G ^b   Sato, M ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b Norland Medical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image analysis; Image segmentation; Osteoporosis; pQCT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0030692632     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00176-2     Document Type: Article

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