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Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV – João Tavares & Natal Jorge (eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00081-0
An investigation of the mechanical competence parameter to grade the
trabecular bone fragility
W.L. Roque & K. Arcaro
Applied Mathematics Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
A. Alberich-Bayarri
Biomedical Engineering, R+D+I Department, Quiron Hospital Group, Valencia, Spain
Z. Tabor
Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland
ABSTRACT: Osteoporosis is normally revealed by the standard bone mineral density (BMD) exam,
however, it is known that BMD alone is not able to distinguish microarchitecture ...