Qualitative assessment of tensile strength components of human femur trabecular bone using radiographic imaging and spectral analysis

Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-29

  Asaithambi, Mythili ^a   Christopher, Joseph Jesu ^a   Ramakrishnan, Swaminathan ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fourier transform; Human femur trabeculae; Image processing; Radiographic images

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449113557     PISSN: 02195194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219519409002869     Document Type: Article

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