title: Hierarchical structure of bone and micro-computed tomography.
abstract: Bone is highly complex, with multiple hierarchical levels of structure. Micro-CT has been able to provide much information about the properties of bone at several of these levels at the mid-range of bone's hierarchical structure, and it will continue to provide a valuable tool for further characterizing bone in various conditions and explaining mechanisms of bone failure.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: McCreadie
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Goulet
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Feldkamp
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016880:Anisotropy; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*