Improved accuracy of cortical bone mineralization measured by polychromatic microcomputed tomography using a novel high mineral density composite calibration phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5138-5145

  Deuerling, Justin M ^a   Rudy, David J ^a   Niebur, Glen L ^a   Roeder, Ryan K ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

bone mineral density; cortical bone; hydroxyapatite; microcomputed tomography; mineralization

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EXTRAPOLATION; HYDROXYAPATITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHANTOMS; X RAYS;

BONE MINERAL CONTENT; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CORTICAL BONE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS;

BONE;

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYMER;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALIBRATION; COLOR; DEVICES; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METABOLISM; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALIBRATION; COLOR; DURAPATITE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956319604     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3480507     Document Type: Article

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