Compressive axial mechanical properties of rat bone as functions of bone volume fraction, apparent density and micro-ct based mineral density

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 953-960

  Cory, Esther ^a   Nazarian, Ara ^a   Entezari, Vahid ^a   Vartanians, Vartan ^a   Müller, Ralph ^c   Snyder, Brian D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compressive mechanical properties; Ovariectomy; Partial nephrectomy; Rat bone; Virtual biomechanics

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DENSITY; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BONE VOLUME FRACTION; COMPUTING POWER; CORTICAL AND CANCELLOUS BONE; FUNCTION PROPERTIES; GOLD STANDARDS; LOADING MODES; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MICRO CT; MINERAL DENSITY; NONINVASIVE METHODS; OVARIECTOMY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; RAT MODEL; SKELETAL TISSUES; STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; UNIVARIATE; VIRTUAL BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GENE EXPRESSION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; MINERALS; PATHOLOGY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RIGIDITY; SILICATE MINERALS; TITRATION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DENSITOMETRY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETON; STIMULATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77549087180     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.10.047     Document Type: Article

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