Three-dimensional microstructural analysis of human trabecular bone in relation to its mechanical properties

Bone

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-491

  Uchiyama, T ^a   Tanizawa, T ^a   Muramatsu, H ^b   Endo, N ^a   Takahashi, H E ^a   Hara, T ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mechanical property; Three dimensional microstructure; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICS; MORPHOMETRICS; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032834471     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(99)00188-X     Document Type: Article

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