Accuracy of high-resolution in vivo micro magnetic resonance imaging for measurements of microstructural and mechanical properties of human distal tibial bone

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2039-2050

  Liu, X Sherry ^a   Zhang, X Henry ^b   Rajapakse, Chamith S ^c   Wald, Michael J ^c   Magland, Jeremy ^c   Sekhon, Kiranjit K ^b   Adam, Mark F ^b   Sajda, Paul ^b   Wehrli, Felix W ^c   Guo, X Edward ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b University of Pennsylvania ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone Microstructure; Bone Stiffness; Finite Element Model; Micro Computed Tomography; Micro Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; RIGIDITY; THICKNESS; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA;

EID: 77956842169     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.92     Document Type: Article

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