Figure 2
From: Microcomputed tomography: approaches and applications in bioengineering
Microcomputed tomography (microCT) reconstruction of cortical and trabecular bone. MicroCT enables high-resolution three-dimensional reconstruction of microstructural characteristics from trabecular architecture to cortical porosity. (A) Trabecular bone from femoral neck of 51-year-old male (left) and 84-year-old female (right). (B) Diaphyseal femoral cortical bone of 18-year-old male (left) and 73-year-old female (right). Age, gender, disease, and other factors influence the microstructural properties of both cortical and trabecular bone, and these can be evaluated quantitatively by microCT.