Major and minor centroidal axes serve as objective, automatable reference points to test mechanobiological hypotheses using histomorphometry

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1205-1208

  McBride, Sarah H ^a   Dolejs, Scott ^a   Knothe, Ulf ^b   Knothe Tate, Melissa L ^a,c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bone; Centroidal axis; Histomorphometry; Imaging; Mechanics; Mechanoadaptation; Mechanobiology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CENTROIDAL AXIS; HISTOMORPHOMETRY; IMAGING; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MECHANOADAPTATION;

ANIMALS; LOADING; MECHANICS; TOOLS;

BONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BONE REGENERATION; FEMUR; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP;

EID: 79953025759     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.01.033     Document Type: Article

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