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The quantitative morphology of anisotropic trabecular bone

Whitehouse, W. J.·1974·Journal of Microscopy
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1974.tb03878.x
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SUMMARY: Dimensional measurements have been made on a small number of tracings of low magnification scanning electron micrographs of trabecular bone sections, using the Quantimet Image Analysing Computer, with a view to expressing the properties of the local bone pattern in a quantitative manner. Measurements of the orthogonally projected length of the boundary profile of the interface between bone and marrow were made as a function of the direction of projection, and these showed that the majority of the patterns were distinctly anisotropic. A formula is proposed for calculating the mean widths of the trabecular bands as they appear on the surfaces of the sections, from the mean area of bone and the boundary profile length. As the validity of this formula is not theoretically evident, the results have been compared with direct experimental measurements, and found to agree very well. The mean intercept lengths in the bone and in the marrow spaces have been calculated as a function of direction across the section. The polar diagrams of these lengths are found to have the shapes of ellipses, to an unexpected degree of accuracy. This makes it possible to express the departure from isotropy of the pattern by a single number, for instance by the ratio of the axes of the ellipse. The essential limitations of the methods used in these experiments are briefly discussed, in particular the impossibility of finding the exact symmetry properties of the surface patterns by experiments of this type.

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Authors
Whitehouse, W. J.
Corresponding author
Whitehouse, W. J.
Venue
Journal of Microscopy
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1974-07
Volume
101
Issue
2
Pages
153-168
ISSN
  • 0022-2720 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2818
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2818.1974.tb03878.x
OpenAlex
W2028724000
Cited by
579
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 27
FWCI
8.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 13546 d)
Locations
  • Journal of Microscopy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Applied Mathematics › Point processes and geometric inequalities
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Digital Image Processing Techniques
Keywords
trabecular bone, anisotropy, quantitative morphology, mean intercept length, polar diagrams, bone microarchitecture
MeSH terms
Adult, Bone and Bones, Bone Matrix, Computers, Female, Femur Head, Histological Techniques, Humans, Lumbar Vertebrae, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Models, Structural

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