Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 447-458 , November 2003

A method for the automatic characterization of bone architecture in 3D mice microtomographic images

  • E. Martı́n-Badosa

      Affiliations

    • ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
    • Lab. d'Òptica, Dept. de FAO, Univ. de Barcelona, Martı́ i Franquès, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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  • A. Elmoutaouakkil

      Affiliations

    • ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
    • CREATIS, UMR CNRS 5515, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
    • ,
  • S. Nuzzo

      Affiliations

    • ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
    • CREATIS, UMR CNRS 5515, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
    • ,
  • D. Amblard

      Affiliations

    • LBBTO, Equipe Mixte INSERM E9901 CHU Saint-Etienne, 42023 Saint-Etienne, France
    • ,
  • L. Vico

      Affiliations

    • LBBTO, Equipe Mixte INSERM E9901 CHU Saint-Etienne, 42023 Saint-Etienne, France
    • ,
  • F. Peyrin

      Affiliations

    • ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
    • CREATIS, UMR CNRS 5515, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France. Tel.: +33-476882335; fax: +33-476882252

Received 25 February 2002 ,Accepted 19 November 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0895-6111(03)00031-4

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 447-458 , November 2003

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