A quantitative collagen fibers orientation assessment using birefringence measurements: Calibration and application to human osteons

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302-306

  Spiesz, Ewa M ^a   Kaminsky, Werner ^b   Zysset, Philippe K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Collagen fibers orientation; Mineralized turkey leg tendon; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; BONE STRUCTURE; COLLAGEN FIBER ORIENTATION; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TENDON; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALIBRATION; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; TURKEYS;

EID: 80455143632     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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