Journal article

Publication year: 2005

Pages: 60-65

Journal: Biomedical Engineering

Volume number: 50

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0013-5585

eISSN: 1862-278X

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1515/BMT.2005.010

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill

Abstract: 
The incidence and prevalence of osteoporosis must be considered to continue to increase significantly due to the expected demographic development and environmental changes. In the diagnosis and staging of osteoporosis the three-dimensional bone structure should be as important as the bone mass or the mineral content of the bone. In this study, microfragments were taken from distal radius fracture zones and investigated in Micro-CT scans. Patients in which osteodensitometry of the lumbal spine had revealed osteoporosis in were found to have significantly reduced bone mass, bone density and trabecular thickness. Trabecular fractures which were found in non-osteoporotic patients even in robust trabeculae were detected by the two-dimensional analysis in thin locations and arborizations. Despite some trabeculae turned out to be very small the differences in the histomorphometry and the quality of trabecular fractures in osteoporotic as well as non-osteoporotic patients could be visualized very good in the Micro-CT analysis.

Harvard Citation style: Heiss, C., Meissner, S., Mohr, A., Litzlbauer, H., Meyer, C. and Schnettler, R. (2005) Micro-CT analysis of cancellous bone fragments from the distal radius fracture zone in osteoporosis, Biomedical Engineering, 50(3), pp. 60-65. https://doi.org/10.1515/BMT.2005.010

APA Citation style: Heiss, C., Meissner, S., Mohr, A., Litzlbauer, H., Meyer, C., & Schnettler, R. (2005). Micro-CT analysis of cancellous bone fragments from the distal radius fracture zone in osteoporosis. Biomedical Engineering. 50(3), 60-65. https://doi.org/10.1515/BMT.2005.010