title: Evaluation of bone scaffolds by micro-CT.
abstract: This paper reviews the possibilities offered by X-ray micro-CT in bone tissue engineering. This technique provides a fast, nondestructive, and 3D quantification of bone scaffolds, bone ingrowth, and microvascularization. Synchrotron radiation absorption and phase micro-CT offer additional advantages to image newly formed bone in bioceramic scaffolds and pre-bone matrix.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1044, CREATIS; CNRS UMR 5220; INSA-Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France. peyrin@esrf.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peyrin
mesh_terms: D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D055114:X-Ray Microtomography / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes