Assessment of bone tissue mineralization by conventional x-ray microcomputed tomography: Comparison with synchrotron radiation microcomputed tomography and ash measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3170-3179

  Kazakia, G J ^a,b   Burghardt, A J ^a   Cheung, S ^a   Majumdar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; Bone tissue; Computed tomography; Mineralization; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HARDENING; HYDROXYAPATITE; LIGHT SOURCES; PHANTOMS; RADIATION HARDENING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TISSUE; VOLUME FRACTION;

BEAM HARDENING; BEAM HARDENING CORRECTION; BONE TISSUE; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MINERALOGY;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 46149097910     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2924210     Document Type: Article

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