Prediction of bone mechanical properties using QUS and pQCT: Study of the human distal radius

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 761-767

  Muller, M ^a   Mitton, D ^b   Moilanen, P ^c   Bousson, V ^d   Talmant, M ^a   Laugier, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉCANIQUE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Axial transmission; Bone mechanical properties; Failure load; Fracture risk assessment; pQCT; QUS; Radius; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BISMUTH PLATING; BONE; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FRACTURE FIXATION; GARNETS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LOAD TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSIONS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AXIAL TRANSMISSION; BI DIRECTIONAL; BONE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); CORTICAL THICKNESS; FAILURE LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FRACTURE RISK PREDICTION; LOW FREQUENCY (LF); MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; OSTEOPOROSIS (OP); PERIPHERAL (SPI); QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (QCT); QUASI STATIC; YOUNG'S MODULUS (IGC: E14/K14);

FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COLLES FRACTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; RADIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47749144295     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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