Specimen size and porosity can introduce error into μCT-based tissue mineral density measurements

Bone

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 176-184

  Fajardo, Roberto J ^a   Cory, Esther ^a   Patel, Nipun D ^a   Nazarian, Ara ^a   Laib, Andres ^b   Manoharan, Rajaram K ^a,c   Schmitz, James E ^a,c   DeSilva, Jeremy M ^d   MacLatchy, Laura M ^d   Snyder, Brian D ^a,e   Bouxsein, Mary L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SCANCO MEDICAL AG   (Switzerland)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening correction; Bone tissue density; MicroCT; Specimen size

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRUCTURE; CATTLE; CORTICAL BONE; MEASUREMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POROSITY; TRABECULAR BONE;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CATTLE; DURAPATITE; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 57449115870     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.08.118     Document Type: Article

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