Comparing Methods for Calculating Cross‐Sectional Properties From High‐Resolution <scp>CT</scp> Scans in Dry Bone: The Case of the Non‐Adult Femoral Midneck

The automatic processing of the periosteal and endosteal contours shows a high level of agreement with the manual processing of both contours. Semi-automatic approaches (spline and ellipse) provide less agreement, especially in section moduli. This suggests that inaccuracies in deriving the endosteal contour significantly affect section moduli. The best approach for extracting the geometric properties of femoral midneck cross-sections is a combination of automatic and manual methods, although automatic methods alone are also effective.