A new method for three-dimensional skeleton graph analysis of porous media: Application to trabecular bone microarchitecture

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-161

  Pothuaud, L ^a,b   Porion, P ^a   Lespessailles, E ^b   Benhamou, C L ^b   Levitz, P ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Hôpital Porte Madeleine   (France)

Author keywords

3D skeleton graph; 3D skeleton graph analysis; Euler Poincare characteristic; Trabecula analysis; Trabecular bone architecture

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOPOLOGY;

3D SKELETON; 3D SKELETON GRAPH; 3D SKELETON GRAPH ANALYSE; EULER-POINCARE CHARACTERISTIC; GRAPH ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIUM; TRABECULA ANALYSE; TRABECULAR BONE ARCHITECTURE; TRABECULAR BONE MICROARCHITECTURE;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

TRABECULA;

EID: 0033866864     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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