Fractal dimension analysis of weight-bearing bones of rats during skeletal unloading

Bone

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 180-184

  Pornprasertsuk, S ^a,b   Ludlow, J B ^a   Webber, R L ^a   Tyndall, D A ^a   Sanhueza, A I ^a   Yamauchi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; Microgravity; Osteoporosis; Power spectral method; Tail suspension; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INSTRUMENT; LOADING TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FRACTALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0034902771     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(01)00493-8     Document Type: Article

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