Three-dimensional methods for quantification of cancellous bone architecture

Bone

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-328

  Odgaard, Anders ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Anisotropy; Cancellous bone; Connectivity; Histomorphometry; Trabecular architecture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; TOMOGRAPHY; TRABECULAR BONE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030898662     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00007-0     Document Type: Review

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