Experimental Bone Biopsies Using Two Bone Biopsy Needles: Quantitative Micro-CT Analysis of Bone Specimens

• Published in: Academic Radiology
• Main Authors: Park, Eun-Ah, Hong, Sung Hwan, Kim, Kwang Gi, Choi, Ja-Young, Kang, Heung Sik, Shin, Chan Soo
• Other Authors: 박은아, 홍성환, 김광기, 최자영, 신찬수, 강흥식
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC 2009
• Subjects: Micro-computed tomography; bone biopsy; trabecular thickness; bone histomorphometry; microstructure; Fyfe; Thomsen; DML
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10371/76352; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2008.09.006

Rationale and Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate whether samples obtained using two kinds of small trephines, 2.4 and 1.8 mm in inner diameter, are sufficient for the quantitative evaluation of metabolic bone disease using micro-computed tomographic (CT) three-dimensional parameter...