Clinical tools to evaluate bone strength

Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 122-134

  Manske, Sarah L ^a   MacDonald, Heather M ^a   Nishiyama, Kyle K ^a   Boyd, Steven K ^a   McKay, Heather A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Finite element modelling; High resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 77956343591     PISSN: 15348644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12018-009-9066-2     Document Type: Review

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