Validation of noninvasive quantification of bone marrow fat volume with microCT in aging rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 435-440

  Demontiero, Oddom ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Thembani, Emma ^a   Duque, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Marrow fat; MicroCT; Osteoporosis; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW FAT VOLUME; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SOFTWARE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79955625853     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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