Relationships among microstructural properties of bone at the human midshaft femur

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-139

  Goldman, Haviva M ^a   Thomas, C D L ^b   Clement, J G ^b   Bromage, T G ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone microstructure; Collagen fibre orientation; Femur; Human; Image analysis; Mineralization density

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CORTICAL BONE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 14944340237     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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