Kersh, Mariana EPandy, Marcus GBui, QuangJones, AnthonyArns, ChristophKnackstedt, MarkSeeman, EgoZebaze, Roger M D2015-12-130884-0431http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72575Most measures of femoral neck strength derived using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry or computed tomography (CT) assume the femoral neck is a cylinder with a single cortical thickness. We hypothesized that these simplifications introduce errors in estimaKeywords: adult; aged; article; bone fragility; bone strength; bone stress; cadaver; computer assisted tomography; cortical bone; dual energy X ray absorptiometry; femur neck; hip; human; human tissue; tissue slice; Biomechanics; Femur Neck; Finite Element Analysis Bone Fragility; Bone Stress; Computed Tomography; Cortical Thickness; Femoral Neck Fracture; Mean Cortical Thickness; Median Cortical Thickness201310.1002/jbmr.18272016-02-24