Fractal dimension as a measure of altered trabecular bone in experimental inflammatory arthritis

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 978-985

  Caldwell, Curtis B ^a   Moran, Erica L ^b   Bogoch, Earl R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Wellesley Central Hospital ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; RABBIT; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARRAGEENAN; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; RABBITS;

EID: 0031779263     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.6.978     Document Type: Article

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