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Michelle S. Yau^1,2, Serkalem Demissie³, Yanhua Zhou³, Dennis E. Anderson^4,5, Amanda L. Lorbergs^1,2, Douglas P. Kiel^1,2, Brett T. Allaire⁵, Laiji Yang¹, L. Adrienne Cupples^3,6, Thomas G. Travison^1,2, Mary L. Bouxsein^4,5, David Karasik^1,7, Elizabeth J. Samelson^1,2. Heritability of Thoracic Spine Curvature and Genetic Correlations with Other Spine Traits: The Framingham Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 25 July 2016.

Publication Date
July 2016

How Analyze was Used
“… a sigma filter (was used) to reduce noise while preserving edges and contoured each muscle at
the mid-vertebral slice using an established image processing program (Analyze)”

Keywords
aging, QCT, diseases and disorders related to bone, genetic research, epidemiology

Author Affiliation(s)
¹Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA
²Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
³Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
⁴Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
⁵Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
⁶National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
⁷Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel

Tags: Aging, diseases and disorders related to bone, Epidemiology, genetic research, QCT