Reproducibility of bone micro-architecture measurements in rodents by in vivo micro-computed tomography is maximized with three-dimensional image registration

Bone

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-161

  Nishiyama, Kyle K ^a   Campbell, Graeme M ^a   Klinck, Robert J ^a   Boyd, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT; Bone metrics; Image registration; In vivo; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72049114167     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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