3D characterization of pores in the cortical bone of human femur in the elderly at different locations as determined by synchrotron micro-computed tomography images

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1023-1033

  Chappard, C ^a   Bensalah, S ^b   Olivier, C ^c   Gouttenoire, P J ^c   Marchadier, A ^d   Benhamou, C ^d   Peyrin, F ^c  

^a Paris university   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Femoral neck; Femur; Micro CT; Synchrotron radiation; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; SYNCHROTRONS; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878853043     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2044-4     Document Type: Article

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