X-ray phase nanotomography resolves the 3D human bone ultrastructure.

Bone strength and failure are increasingly thought to be due to ultrastructural properties, such as the morphology of the lacuno-canalicular network, the collagen fiber orientation and the mineralization on the nanoscale. However, these properties have not been studied in 3D so far. Here we report t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Max Langer, Alexandra Pacureanu, Heikki Suhonen, Quentin Grimal, Peter Cloetens, Françoise Peyrin
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Subjects:
R
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ded0c2ab3a894686b05a13f4e80a0967
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!