Microcomputed tomography imaging in a rat model of delayed union/non-union fracture

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-736

  Dickson, G R ^a   Geddis, C ^a   Fazzalari, N ^b   Marsh, D ^c   Parkinson, I ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Bone and Joint Research Laboratory   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture repair; Histology; Micro CT; Mineralized callus; Non union

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALLUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIATHERMY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FRACTURE NONUNION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMUR; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIATHERMY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 43649083326     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20540     Document Type: Article

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