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Bone Measurements by Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Rodents

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This chapter provides information for the in vivo use of peripheral quantitative computed tomography in rats and mice to determine bone density and cortical geometric data, including suggestions for study design, instrument setting, and data interpretation. This update also provides guidance for the use of pQCT to extract muscle and fat cross-sectional area information from the bone scans.

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  1. Department of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

    Jürg Andreas Gasser

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    Johannes Willnecker

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Gasser, J.A., Willnecker, J. (2019). Bone Measurements by Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Rodents. In: Idris, A. (eds) Bone Research Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1914. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8997-3_29

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