Technology Insight: Noninvasive assessment of bone strength in osteoporosis

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 310-318

  Bouxsein, Mary L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44849107299     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0798     Document Type: Review

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