Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 888-895 , September 2008

Radiation effects on bone architecture in mice and rats resulting from in vivo micro-computed tomography scanning

  • R. Josh Klinck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Roger Jackson Centre for Health and Wellness Research, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Graeme M. Campbell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Roger Jackson Centre for Health and Wellness Research, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Steven K. Boyd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Roger Jackson Centre for Health and Wellness Research, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada. Tel.: +1 403 220 4173; fax: +1 403 282 8406.

Received 10 April 2007 ,Revised 12 November 2007 ,Accepted 22 November 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00188-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.11.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 888-895 , September 2008

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