Bone measurements by peripheral quantitative computed tomography in rodents

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 816, Issue , 2012, Pages 477-498

  Gasser, Jürg A ^a   Willnecker, Johannes ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b Stratec Medizintechnik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMD; Bone structure; In vivo computed tomography; Mouse; Rat

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; MICE; MINERALS; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84555189535     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-415-5_28     Document Type: Article

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