Direct three-dimensional morphometric analysis of human cancellous bone: Microstructural data from spine, femur, iliac crest, and calcaneus

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1167-1174

  Hildebrand, Tor ^a   Laib, Andres ^a   Müller, Ralph ^b   Dequeker, Jan ^c   Rüegsegger, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCANEUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; MORPHOMETRICS; SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; ILIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033047422     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1999.14.7.1167     Document Type: Article

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