Morphological and mechanical properties of bone structural units: A two-case study

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 936-943

  Hengsberger, Stefan ^a   Boivin, Georges ^b   Zysset, Philippe K ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bone structural units; Elasticity; Hardness; Mechanical properties; Microradiography; Nanoindentation; Polarized light microscopy; Scanning acoustic microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; COLLAGEN; FIBERS; HARDNESS; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

BONE STRUCTURAL UNITS (BSU);

BONE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION; MEDICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 0036961463     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.45.936     Document Type: Article

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