Effect of histomorphometric parameters on compression strength of vertebral bodies

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-39

  Gadek, Artur ^a   Wojnar, Leszek ^b   Czerwiński, Edward ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Compression strength; Histomorphometry; Image analysis; Vertebral bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745883439     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v20.p35-39     Document Type: Article

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