Geometric analysis of porous bone substitutes using micro-computed tomography and fuzzy distance transform

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 864-875

  Bashoor Zadeh, M ^a   Baroud, G ^a   Bohner, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Dr Robert Mathys Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone substitutes; Calcium phosphates; Image analysis; Pore size; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EMULSIFICATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SCAFFOLDS;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; DISTANCE TRANSFORMS; EMULSION METHOD; FUZZY DISTANCE; GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; INTERCONNECTION SIZE; RESORBABLE; SPECIFIC SURFACE; SUBSTITUTE GROUPS;

PORE SIZE;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 75149152808     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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