The Suppression Ratio as a Surrogate Marker of in vivo Cortical Bone Porosity

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achieve acquisition adiabatic aged aging allow amount arises assessment association asymmetric axial band bandwidth bone bound boundaries boundary coil collagen common compensation computed concentration consist constant contrast correlate cortical cover critical density described designed difficult dual duration effective elderly employed enable extracted fact females form fraction fractions frequency furthermore general global healthy histograms hybrid in vivo increasingly inversion knee laboratory latter limitation lipid located long longer loss magnitude manual maps marker mask measure measured medical middle mobile notion occurs older opposing optimized osteoporosis overall parametric particular particularly peak peripheral plot pore pores porosity presence press previous processing projection propose pulse pulses quantified quantitative radial radiology rationale readout reconstructed recovery recruited relatively require ruffled sampling saturation scale scales segmentation separate short soft space spaces spatially specimens square squares step structural studies subject subjects suggesting suppress suppressed suppression surrogate tails tibia tissue tomography toward towards underwent uniform utilized variation water women year years young younger