Validation of quantitative backscattered electron imaging for the measurement of mineral density distribution in human bone biopsies

Bone

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-326

  Roschger, P ^a   Fratzl, P ^b   Eschberger, J ^a   Klaushofer, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science   (Austria)

Author keywords

Backscattered electrons; Human trabecular bone; Mineral density distribution; Transiliac bone biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOMALACIA; TECHNIQUE; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 17644445505     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(98)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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