Densitometrical study of the distal thoracic limb of the horse by means of quantitative computed tomography;Computertomographische densitometrie an der distalen vordergliedmaße des pferdes

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-158

  Mäule, Michael ^a   Gerhards, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; DDFT; Density; Horse; Thoracic limb

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FORELIMB; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 1642302436     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/PEM20040207     Document Type: Article

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