Multislice computed tomography of the distal radius metaphysis: Relationship of cortical bone structure with gender, age, osteoporotic status, and mechanical competence

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-182

  Bonel, Harald M ^a,b   Lochmüller, Eva Maria ^a,c   Well, Harald ^a,c   Kuhn, Volker ^c   Hudelmaier, Martin ^c   Reiser, Maximilian ^a   Eckstein, Felix ^c,d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Bone strength; Computed tomography; Distal radius; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 3042783034     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:7:2:169     Document Type: Article

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