Stereological measures of trabecular bone structure: Comparison of 3D micro computed tomography with 2D histological sections in human proximal tibial bone biopsies

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Thomsen, Jesper S ^a   Laib, A ^b   Koller, B ^b   Prohaska, S ^c   Mosekilde, Li ^a   Gowin, W ^d,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SCANCO MEDICAL AG   (Switzerland)

^c ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone structure; Histology; Stereology; Tibia; CT

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

3D-ΜCT; BONE BIOPSY; BONE STRUCTURE; DATA SET; GOLD STANDARDS; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; STEREOLOGY; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONES; ΜCT;

BONE;

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METAPHYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TISSUE SECTION; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 18444365600     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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