Scaling VOI size in 3D μcT studies of trabecular bone: A test of the over-sampling hypothesis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Lazenby, Richard A ^a   Skinner, Matthew M ^b   Kivell, Tracy L ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

interspecific; microCT; trabecular bone; volume of interest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE MASS; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; PAN TROGLODYTES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651508553     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21385     Document Type: Article

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