PIXImus bone densitometer and associated technical measurement issues of skeletal growth in the young rat

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-192

  Soon, G ^a   Quintin, A ^a   Scalfo, F ^a   Antille, N ^a   Williamson, G ^a   Offord, E ^a   Ginty, F ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral content; Femur; Growing rat; Lumbar spine; PIXImus densitometer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERAL; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; METAPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645276847     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-005-0191-8     Document Type: Article

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