Algorithm to assess cranial suture fusion with varying and discontinuous mineral density

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1597-1609

  Hermann, Christopher D ^a,b   Richards, Megan A ^a   Olivares Navarrete, Rene ^a   Williams, Joseph K ^c   Guldberg, Robert E ^d   Skrinjar, Oskar ^a   Schwartz, Zvi ^a   Boyan, Barbara D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Imaging algorithm; Micro CT; Mouse cranial development; Suture fusion

Indexed keywords

BONE VOLUME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS; HISTOMORPHOMETRY; IMAGING ALGORITHM; LINEAR CORRELATION; MICRO CT; MINERAL DENSITY; MINERALIZED TISSUE; MOUSE CALVARIA; MOUSE CRANIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATIVE PROCESS; THREE AXES;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CRANIAL SUTURE; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CRANIAL SUTURES; MICE; SKULL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864559708     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0520-9     Document Type: Article

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