Hierarchical structure of bone and micro-computed tomography.
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.
McCreadie
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BR
Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Goulet
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Feldkamp
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Goldstein
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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*