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Simultaneous 3D visualization and quantification of murine bone and bone vasculature using micro-computed tomography and vascular replica

Simultaneous 3D visualization and quantification of murine bone and bone vasculature using micro-computed tomography and vascular replica
Simultaneous 3D visualization and quantification of murine bone and bone vasculature using micro-computed tomography and vascular replica
Recent evidence suggests a close functional relationship between osteogenesis and angiogenesis as well as between bone remodeling and bone vascularization. Consequently, there is a need for visual inspection and quantitative analysis of the bone vasculature. We therefore adapted and implemented two different vascular corrosion casting (VCC) protocols using a polyurethane-based casting resin in mice for a true three-dimensional (3D), direct, and simultaneous measurement of bone tissue and vascular morphology by micro-computed tomography (?CT). For assessment of vascular replicas at the level of capillaries, a vascular contrast perfusion (VCP) protocol was devised using a contrast modality based on a barium sulfate suspension in conjunction with synchrotron radiation (SR) ?CT. The vascular morphology quantified using the VCP protocol was compared quantitatively with the results of a previously established method, where the vascular network of cortical bone was derived indirectly from cortical porosity. The presented VCC and VCP protocols have the potential of serving as a valuable method for concomitant 3D quantitative morphometry of the bone tissue and its vasculature
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690-701
Schneider, Philipp
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Krucker, Thomas
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Meyer, Eric
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Weber, Bruno
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Stampanoni, Marco
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Schneider, Philipp, Krucker, Thomas, Meyer, Eric, Ulmann-Schuler, Alexandra, Weber, Bruno, Stampanoni, Marco and Müller, Ralph (2009) Simultaneous 3D visualization and quantification of murine bone and bone vasculature using micro-computed tomography and vascular replica. Microscopy Research and Technique, 72 (9), 690-701. (doi:10.1002/jemt.20720).

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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests a close functional relationship between osteogenesis and angiogenesis as well as between bone remodeling and bone vascularization. Consequently, there is a need for visual inspection and quantitative analysis of the bone vasculature. We therefore adapted and implemented two different vascular corrosion casting (VCC) protocols using a polyurethane-based casting resin in mice for a true three-dimensional (3D), direct, and simultaneous measurement of bone tissue and vascular morphology by micro-computed tomography (?CT). For assessment of vascular replicas at the level of capillaries, a vascular contrast perfusion (VCP) protocol was devised using a contrast modality based on a barium sulfate suspension in conjunction with synchrotron radiation (SR) ?CT. The vascular morphology quantified using the VCP protocol was compared quantitatively with the results of a previously established method, where the vascular network of cortical bone was derived indirectly from cortical porosity. The presented VCC and VCP protocols have the potential of serving as a valuable method for concomitant 3D quantitative morphometry of the bone tissue and its vasculature

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Published date: 9 April 2009
Organisations: Faculty of Engineering and the Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 361065
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/361065
ISSN: 1059-910X
PURE UUID: cf7d23ff-2232-4ebb-921a-8dee8aa28539
ORCID for Philipp Schneider: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7499-3576

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Author: Thomas Krucker
Author: Eric Meyer
Author: Alexandra Ulmann-Schuler
Author: Bruno Weber
Author: Marco Stampanoni
Author: Ralph Müller

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