Volume to density relation in adult human bone tissue

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Tassani, Simone ^a   Öhman, Caroline ^a,b   Baruffaldi, Fabio ^a   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash density; Bone fraction; Cortical bone; Tissue mineral density; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ASH DENSITY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BONE TISSUE; BONE VOLUME; BONE VOLUME FRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPUTATIONAL APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CORTICAL BONE; DENSITOMETRIC ANALYSIS; FEMORAL HEADS; HUMAN BONES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MINERAL DENSITY; MINERAL DISTRIBUTION; MINERALISATION; SITE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR HEAD; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650011505     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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