3D visualization and quantification of rat cortical bone porosity using a desktop micro-CT system: A case study in the tibia

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-37

  Britz, H M ^a   Jokihaara, J ^b   Leppanen O V ^c   Jarvinen T ^c   Cooper, D M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; cortical porosity; histology; micro CT; rat; synchrotron

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; POROSITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3D STRUCTURE; 3D VISUALIZATION; CASE-STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL POROSITY; GOLD STANDARDS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RAT CORTICAL BONES; TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM;

RATS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNCHROTRON; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77956513749     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03381.x     Document Type: Article

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