Quantitative assessment of experimental fracture repair by peripheral computed tomography

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-199

  Augat, P ^a   Merk, J ^a   Genant, H K ^b   Claes, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fracture repair; Histology; Quantitative computed tomography; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031032220     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900213     Document Type: Article

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