Advanced CT based in vivo methods for the assessment of bone density, structure, and strength

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-255

  Engelke, K ^a,b   Libanati, C ^c   Fuerst, T ^d   Zysset, P ^e   Genant, H K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Synarc Inc   (Germany)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d SYNARC INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone geometry; Bone quality; Bone strength; Finite element analysis; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUMETRY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885319807     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-013-0147-2     Document Type: Article

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