Structural analysis of rat bone explants kept in vitro in simulated microgravity conditions

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-172

  Cosmi, F ^a   Steimberg, N ^b   Dreossi, D ^c   Mazzoleni, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D RECONSTRUCTION; BONE EXPLANTS; BONE STRENGTHS; BONE VOLUMES; CANCELLOUS BONES; CORTICAL AND CANCELLOUS BONES; EARTH'S SURFACES; IN-VITRO; LABORATORY ANIMALS; MATRIXES; MECHANICAL STRENGTHS; METHOD MODELS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS; MINERAL CONTENTS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OSTEOPENIA; SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; STRUCTURE OF FRAGMENTS; TRABECULAR BONE ARCHITECTURES; TRABECULAR MICRO ARCHITECTURES;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MINERALOGY; RISK PERCEPTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BONE REMODELING; CANCELLOUS BONE; CELL CULTURE; CELL METHOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTIC MODULUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 59349101218     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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