Digitised fluoroscopy (DF) predicts breaking strength in osteoporotic avian bone in vivo

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Fleming, R H ^a   McCormack, H A ^a   McTeir, L ^a   Whitehead, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BONE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORELIMB; FRACTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURES, BONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; WING;

EID: 0032242505     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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