Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 298-306 , April 2007

Optimal cut of trabecular network

Received 30 January 2006 ,Revised 14 March 2006 ,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.04.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 298-306 , April 2007

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