Ridge number density: A new parameter for in vivo bone structure analysis

Bone

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 541-546

  Laib, A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institute for Biomedical Engineering   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone microarchitecture; Computed tomography (CT); Quantitative bone morphology; Trabecular bone structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; TRABECULAR BONE;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031460813     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00205-6     Document Type: Article

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