Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 398-406 , May 2010

Enhanced bone structural analysis through pQCT image preprocessing

  • T. Cervinka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Finn-medi 1, 4 Floor, Biokatu 6, 33520 Tampere, Finland. Tel.: +358 408490165; fax: +358 331164013.
    • ,
  • J. Hyttinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • H. Sievanen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
    • Bone Research Group, UKK Institute, Tampere, Finland
    • Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Science Center, Tampere, Finland

Received 12 June 2009 ,Revised 21 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 February 2010.

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PII: S1350-4533(10)00024-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.02.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 398-406 , May 2010

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