Imaging bone structure and osteoporosis using MRI

Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Shefelbine, Sandra J ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; Non invasively; Trabecular microarchitecture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS; SHORT SURVEY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27944446925     PISSN: 17248914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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