Hounsfield units as a tool for the evaluation of bone demineralization due to exoprosthesis use

A comparison between the healthy bone and the amputated bone of twenty unilateral transfemoral amputees was done by generating three Hounsfiled Unit (HU) histograms at different parts of the femur (femoral head neck, metaphysis and diaphysis), based on images obtained by Computer Axial Tomography....

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Published in:	Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia
Main Authors:	Juan Fernando Ramírez Patiño, Jésica Andrea Isaza, Isabela Mariaka, Jaime Andrés Vélez Zea
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Antioquia 2013-05-01
Subjects:	femur transfemoral amputee mineral density stress shielding
Online Access:	https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/15232