ABSTRACT
Bone is a complex biological material that consists of both an inorganic and organic phase, which undergoes continuous dynamic biological processes within the body. This complex structure and the need to acquire accurate data have resulted in a wide variety of methods applied in the physical analysis of bone in vivo and in vitro. Each method has it
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|2 pages
Introduction
section Section 2|2 pages
Introduction
section Section 3|2 pages
Ionizing Radiation Techniques
chapter Chapter 10|18 pages
Peripheral quantitative computed tomography and micro-computed tomography
section Section 4|2 pages
Non-Ionizing Techniques
section Section 5|2 pages
Clinical Applications of Physical Measurement of Bone