| Author/Editor | Youngs, TA; Boyce, RW; Mosekilde, L; Soegaard, H; Paddock, CL; Gundersen, HJG | |
| Title | Direct stereological estimation of 3-D connectivity density in human iliac cancellous bone: the effect of age and sex | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Acta Stereol | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 13, št. 1 | |
| Publication year | 1994 | |
| Volume | str. 55-60 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | The use of a new, direct estimator of 3-D connectivity in arbitrary networks, the ConnEulor, based on the disector-principle is illustrated in a series of iliac crest bone necropsies. To obtain an unbiased estimate of connectivity or 'trabecular number' takes about 1 hour per specimen. A rather pronounced relation between connectivity and age was seen in females, it corresponds to a halving of trabecular number over cca 50 years. No such relation was observed in males. No correlation obtained between connectivity and trabecular volume density. | |
| Descriptors | ILIUM AGE FACTORS SEX FACTORS HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES |