Noninvasive assessments of bone strength

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 451-457

  Bonnick, Sydney Lou ^a  

^a Clinical Research Center of North Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Finite element analysis; Hip structural analysis; MRI; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35848940697     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3282f154a7     Document Type: Article

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