Time-lapsed assessment of microcrack initiation and propagation in murine cortical bone at submicrometer resolution

Bone

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-173

  Voide, R ^a   Schneider, P ^a   Stauber, M ^a   Wyss, P ^b   Stampanoni, M ^c   Sennhauser, U ^b   van Lenthe, G H ^a   Muller R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone ultrastructure; Computed tomography; Cortical bone; Microcompression; Microcracks; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIAPHYSES; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POROSITY; SYNCHROTRONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649449345     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.04.248     Document Type: Article

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