Prediction of the fracture load of whole proximal femur specimens by topological analysis of the mineral distribution in DXA-scan images

Bone

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 826-831

  Boehm, Holger F ^a   Horng, Annie ^a   Notohamiprodjo, Mike ^a   Eckstein, Felix ^b   Burklein, Dominik ^a   Panteleon, Alexandra ^a   Lutz, Juergen ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone mineral distribution; DXA; In vitro; Mechanical strength; Proximal femur; Topology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; LOADING TEST; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 53349103050     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.07.244     Document Type: Article

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