The Longitudinal Young's Modulus of Cortical Bone in the Midshaft of Human Femur and its Correlation with CT Scanning Data

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 302-309

  Cuppone, M ^a   Seedhom, B B ^a   Berry, E ^b   Ostell, A E ^c  

^a Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cortical bone; CT number; Human femur; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542405780     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-002-2123-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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