Distribution of trabecular and cortical bone related to geometry: A quantitative computed tomography study of the femoral neck

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-89

  Kuiper, Jan W ^a   Van Kuijk, Cornelis ^a   Grashuis, Jan L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bone density; bone mass; cortical bone; femur neck; geometry; Quantitative computed tomography; trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0031049887     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199702000-00002     Document Type: Article

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