Evaluation of Raman Spectroscopy for Fracture Resistance Assessment

The age-related risk of skeletal fracture is a significant problem in modern medicine, such that both hip fracture and osteoporotic fracture are listed in the World Health Organization top 12 sources of disease burden, with nearly 9 million osteoporotic fractures in the year 2000 alone. Dual energy...

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Main Author: Makowski, Alexander James
Other Authors: Jeffry S. Nyman
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2014
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11172014-160844/