X-ray diffraction enhanced imaging as a novel method to visualize low-density scaffolds in soft tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1071-1080

  Zhu, Ning ^a   Chapman, Dean ^a   Cooper, David ^a   Schreyer, David J ^a   Chen, Xiongbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MUSCLE; RADIOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VISUALIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

IMAGE CONTRASTS; IN-LINE; IN-VIVO; LOW DENSITY; MUSCLE TISSUES; NOVEL METHODS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; PHOTON ENERGY; PLLA; POLY-L-LACTIDE; SAMPLE THICKNESS; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; X-RAY ENERGIES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

RATTUS;

CHITOSAN; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AIR; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNCHROTRON; TISSUE ENGINEERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR; ANIMALS; CHITOSAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYESTERS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNCHROTRONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80455129654     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2011.0102     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Castner, D.G., and Guldberg, R.E. Imaging techniques for biomaterials characterization. Biomaterials 28, 2379, 2007. (Pubitemid 46365914)
2. Cyster, L.A., Grant, D.M., Howdle, S.M., Rose, F., Irvine, D.J., Freeman, D., Scotchford, C.A., and Shakesheff, K.M. The influence of dispersant concentration on the pore morphology of hydroxyapatite ceramics for bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials 26, 697, 2005.
3. Lv, Q.A., Feng, Q.L., Hu, K., and Cui, F.Z. Three-dimensional fibroin/collagen scaffolds derived from aqueous solution and the use for HepG2 culture. Polymer 46, 12662, 2005.
4. Bozkurt, A., Deumens, R., Beckmann, C., Damink, L.O., Schugner, F., Heschel, I., Sellhaus, B., Weis, J., Jahnen-Dechent, W., Brook, G.A., and Pallua, N. In vitro cell alignment obtained with a Schwann cell enriched microstructured nerve guide with longitudinal guidance channels. Biomater-ials 30, 169, 2009.
5. Nomura, H., Baladie, B., Katayama, Y., Morshead, C.M., Shoichet, M.S., and Tator, C.H. Delayed implantation of intramedullary chitosan channels containing nerve grafts promotes extensive axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury. Neurosurgery 63, 127, 2008.
6. Nomura, H., Zahir, T., Kim, H., Katayama, Y., Kulbatski, I., Morshead, C.M., Shoichet, M.S., and Tator, C.H. Extra-medullary chitosan channels promote survival of transplanted neural stem and progenitor cells and create a tissue bridge after complete spinal cord transection. Tissue Eng Part A 14, 649, 2008.
7. Richardson, S.M., Curran, J.M., Chen, R., Vaughan-Thomas, A., Hunt, J.A., Freemont, A.J., and Hoyland, J.A. The differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocyte-like cells on poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) scaffolds. Biomaterials 27, 4069, 2006.
8. Qiu, K., Zhao, X.J., Wan, C.X., Zhao, C.S., and Chen, Y.W. Effect of strontium ions on the growth of ROS17/2.8 cells on porous calcium polyphosphate scaffolds. Biomaterials 27, 1277, 2006.
9. Turner, N.J., Kielty, C.M., Walker, M.G., and Canfield, A.E. A novel hyaluronan-based biomaterial (Hyaff-11((R))) as a scaffold for endothelial cells in tissue engineered vascular grafts. Biomaterials 25, 5955, 2004.
10. Hendee, W.R., Cleary, K., Ehman, R.L., Fullerton, G.D., Grundfest, W.S., Haller, J., Kelley, C., Meyer, A.E., Murphy, R.F., Phillips, W., and Torchilin, V.P. Bioengineering and imaging research opportunities workshop V: A summary. Ann Biomed Eng 36, 1315, 2008.
11. van Lenthe, G.H., Hagenmuller, H., Bohner, M., Hollister, S.J., Meinel, L., and Muller, R. Nondestructive micro-computed tomography for biological imaging and quantifi-cation of scaffold-bone interaction in vivo. Biomaterials 28, 2479, 2007.
12. Renghini, C., Komlev, V., Fiori, F., Verne, E., Baino, F., and Vitale-Brovarone, C. Micro-CT studies on 3-D bioactive glass-ceramic scaffolds for bone regeneration. Acta Biomater 5, 1328, 2009.
13. Mano, J.F., Hungerford, G., and Ribelles, J.L.G. Bioactive poly (l-lactic acid)-chitosan hybrid scaffolds. Mater Sci Eng C 28, 1356, 2008.
14. Jones, A.C., Arns, C.H., Sheppard, A.P., Hutmacher, D.W., Milthorpe, B.K., and Knackstedt, M.A. Assessment of bone ingrowth into porous biomaterials using MICRO-CT. Bio-materials 28, 2491, 2007.
15. Schmidt, C., Bezuidenhout, D., Beck, M., Van der Merwe, E., Zilla, P., and Davies, N. Rapid three-dimensional quantification of VEGF-induced scaffold neovascularisation by mi-crocomputed tomography. Biomaterials 30, 5959, 2009.
16. Hagenmueller, H., Hofmann, S., Kohler, T., Merkle, H.P., Kaplan, D.L., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Mueller, R., and Mei-nel, L. Non-invasive time-lapsed monitoring and quantification of engineered bone-like tissue. Ann Biomed Eng 35, 1657, 2007.
17. Ford, N.L., Thornton, M.M., and Holdsworth, D.W. Fundamental image quality limits for microcomputed tomography in small animals. Med Phys 30, 2869, 2003.
18. Sun, W., and Lal, P. Recent development on computer aided tissue engineering-a review. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 67, 85, 2002.
19. Wang, G., Yu, H.Y., and De Man, B. An outlook on X-ray CT research and development. Med Phys 35, 1051, 2008.
20. Nuzzo, S., Peyrin, F., Cloetens, P., and Baruchel, J. Quantification of the degree of mineralization of bone in three dimensions using synchrotron radiation microtomography. Med Phys 29, 2672, 2002.
21. Zhu, N., Chen, X.B., and Chapman, D. A brief review of visualization techniques for nerve tissue engineering. J Bio-mimetics Biomater Tissue Eng 7, 81, 2010.
22. Davis, T.J., Gureyev, T.E., Gao, D., Stevenson, A.W., and Wilkins, S.W. X-ray image-contrast from a simple phase object. Phys Rev Lett 74, 3173, 1995.
23. Zehbe, R., Haibel, A., Riesemeier, H., Gross, U., Kirkpatrick, C.J., Schubert, H., and Brochhausen, C. Going beyond histology. Synchrotron micro-computed tomography as a methodology for biological tissue characterization: from tissue morphology to individual cells. J R Soc Interface 7, 49, 2010.
24. Kim, B.I., Kim, K.H., Youn, H.S., Jheon, S., Kim, J.K., and Kim, H. High resolution X-ray phase contrast synchrotron imaging of normal and ligation damaged rat sciatic nerves. Microsc Res Tech 71, 443, 2008.
25. Komlev, V.S., Mastrogiacomo, M., Peyrin, F., Cancedda, R., and Rustichelli, F. X-ray synchrotron radiation pseudo-ho-lotomography as a new imaging technique to investigate angio-and microvasculogenesis with no usage of contrast agents. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 15, 425, 2009.
26. Wilkins, S.W., Gureyev, T.E., Gao, D., Pogany, A., and Stevenson, A.W. Phase-contrast imaging using polychromatic hard X-rays. Nature 384, 335, 1996.
27. Chapman, D., Thomlinson, W., Johnston, R.E., Washburn, D., Pisano, E., Gmur, N., Zhong, Z., Menk, R., Arfelli, F., and Sayers, D. Diffraction enhanced X-ray imaging. Phys Med Biol 42, 2015, 1997.
28. Zhong, Z., Thomlinson, W., Chapman, D., and Sayers, D. Implementation of diffraction-enhanced imaging experiments: at the NSLS and APS. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res Sect A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors Assoc Equip 450, 556, 2000.
29. Lewis, R.A., Hall, C.J., Hufton, A.P., Evans, S., Menk, R.H., Arfelli, F., Rigon, L., Tromba, G., Dance, D.R., Ellis, I.O., Evans, A., Jacobs, E., Pinder, S.E., and Rogers, K.D. X-ray refraction effects: application to the imaging of biological tissues. Br J Radiol 76, 301, 2003.
30. Kao, T., Connor, D., Dilmanian, F.A., Faulconer, L., Liu, T., Parham, C., Pisano, E.D., and Zhong, Z. Characterization of diffraction-enhanced imaging contrast in breast cancer. Phys Med Biol 54, 3247, 2009.
31. Yuasa, T., Hashimoto, E., Maksimenko, A., Suglyama, H., Arai, Y., Shimao, D., Ichihara, S., and Ando, M. Highly sensitive detection of the soft tissues based on refraction contrast by in-plane diffraction-enhanced imaging CT. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res Sect A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors Assoc Equip 591, 546, 2008.
32. Shu, H., Zhu, P.P., Chen, B., Liu, B., Yin, H.X., Li, E.R., Liu, Y.J., Wang, J.Y., Yuan, Q.X., Huang, W.X., Fang, S.X., and Wu, Z.Y. Investigation of biomedical inner microstructures with hard X-ray phase-contrast imaging. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res Sect A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors Assoc Equip 580, 610, 2007.
33. Zhu, N., Li, M.G., Yuan, Y.J., Schreyer, D.J., and Chen, X.B. Effects of laminin blended with chitosan on axon guidance on patterned substrates. Biofabrication 2, 045002, 2010.
34. Bomford, C.K., and Kunkler, I.H. Walter & Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy: Radiation Physics, Therapy and Oncology.Edinburgh, New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2002.
35. Bravin, A., Keyrilainen, J., Fernandez, M., Fiedler, S., Nemoz ,C., Karjalainen-Lindsberg, M.L., Tenhunen, M., Virkkunen, P., Leidenius, M., von Smitten, K., Sipila, P., and Suortti, P. High-resolution CT by diffraction-enhanced X-ray imaging: mapping of breast tissue samples and comparison with their histo-pathology. Phys Med Biol 52, 2197, 2007.
36. Pagot, E., Fiedler, S., Cloetens, P., Bravin, A., Coan, P., Fezzaa, K., Baruchel, J., and Hartwig, J. Quantitative comparison between two phase contrast techniques: diffraction enhanced imaging and phase propagation imaging. Phys Med Biology 50, 709, 2005.
37. Parham, C., Zhong, Z., Connor, D.M., Chapman, L.D., and Pisano, E.D. Design and implementation of a compact low-dose diffraction enhanced medical imaging system. Acad Radiol 16, 911, 2009.
38. Faulconer, L., Parham, C., Connor, D.M., Zhong, Z., Kim, E., Zeng, D.L., Livasy, C., Cole, E., Kuzmiak, C., Koomen, M., Pavic, D., and Pisano, E. Radiologist evaluation of an X-ray tube-based diffraction-enhanced imaging prototype using full-thickness breast specimens. Acad Radiol 16, 1329, 2009.
39. Als-Nielsen, J., and McMorrow, D. Elements of Modern X-Ray Physics. New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2001.