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Parameters of bone microarchitecture |
| Bone densities |
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| • cortical bone density (Dcort; mgHA/cm3) |
| • trabecular bone density (Dtrab; mgHA/cm3) |
| • meta trabecular bone density (Dmeta; mgHA/cm3) |
| • inner trabecular bone density (Dinn; mgHA/cm3) |
| • average bone density (Dtot; mgHA/cm3) |
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| Bone structure |
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| • trabecular bone volume to tissue volume (BV/TV; %) |
| • number of trabeculae (Tb.N; mm-1) |
| • trabecular thickness (Tb.Th; μm) |
| • trabecular separation (Tb. Sp; μm) |
| • cortical thickness (C.Th; μm) |
| • index of the inhomogeneity of the network (Tb.1/N.SD) |
| • cross-sectional area (CSA; mm2) |
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