Quantification of bone microarchitecture with the structure model index

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-23

  Hildebrand, Tor ^a   Rüegsegger, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Micro CT; Morphometry; Structural parameters; Structure classification; Trabecular bone structure

Indexed keywords

BONE BIOPSY; BONE MICROARCHITECTURE; BONE SURFACE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CANCELLOUS BONE STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS; MICRO CT; MICRO-CT SYSTEMS; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; PLATE ELEMENTS; ROD STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; STRUCTURE MODELS; STRUCTURE TYPE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR ARCHITECTURE; TRABECULAR BONE STRUCTURES; VOLUME DENSITY; VOLUME RATIO;

BONE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 2942730560     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01495739708936692     Document Type: Article

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