Comparison of mean bone densities of three preparations of the distal portion of the equine third metacarpal bone measured by use of quantitative computed tomography

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 891-893

  Drum, Marti G ^a   Les, Clifford M ^b   Park, Richard D ^c   McIlwraith, C Wayne ^c   Kawcak, Christopher E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; HORSES; METACARPAL BONES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 48049088097     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.7.891     Document Type: Article

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