Quantitative characterization of porous commercial and experimental bone graft substitutes with microcomputed tomography

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1538-1548

  Ylä Soininmäki, Anne ^a   Moritz, Niko ^a,b   Turco, Gianluca ^c   Paoletti, Sergio ^c   Aro, Hannu T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

bioactive glass; bone graft substitutes; calcium phosphates; composites; micro CT; porosity

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVE GLASS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); ITERATIVE METHODS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY;

BIOACTIVE GLASS MICROSPHERES; BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTES; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MICRO CT; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; GLASS; HYDROXYAPATITE; BIOPOLYMER; BONE PROSTHESIS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; MEASUREMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; BONE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DURAPATITE; GLASS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSPHERES; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84886600950     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32975     Document Type: Article

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