Noninvasive assessment of bone microarchitecture by MRI

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 140-147

  Ladinsky, Glenn A ^a   Wehrli, Felix W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPSY; BONE AND BONES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; RABBITS; RISK FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33845979856     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-996-0022-5     Document Type: Review

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