Towards quantitative 3D imaging of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network

Bone

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 848-858

  Schneider, Philipp ^a   Meier, Matias ^a   Wepf, Roger ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Bone; Canaliculi; CLSM; CT; Lacuno canalicular network; Light microscopy; Osteocyte lacunae; SEM; Serial FIB SEM; TEM; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGING; BONE DISEASE; BONE MATRIX; BONE TISSUE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OSTEOCYTES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957105313     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.07.026     Document Type: Review

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