Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography

Structural and elastic properties of bone are related to microstructural parameters such as porosity and anisotropy. Microtomography (μCT) enables assessment of bone microstructural geometry, typically down to a voxel size of 5 microns. The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate whether using a high...

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Päätekijä: Pirhonen, Jalmari
Muut tekijät: Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Sciences, Fysiikan laitos, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
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Julkaistu: 2012
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description Structural and elastic properties of bone are related to microstructural parameters such as porosity and anisotropy. Microtomography (μCT) enables assessment of bone microstructural geometry, typically down to a voxel size of 5 microns. The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate whether using a higher (sub-micrometer) voxel resolution in X-ray μCT enables detection of new, finer, details in human cortical bone. The second objective was to measure several morphological parameters that determine the microstructure, and to compare two different microtomographs. To this end, twenty four human cadaveric femur samples were imaged by Xradia XCT-400 at a voxel size of 0.56 - 0.59 μm and spatial resolution of 1.5 μm. For comparison, samples were measured by Skyscan 1172 at a voxel size of 2.78 μm. Scanner and image reconstruction parameters were individually tuned for each sample, so as to enhance the signal to noise ratio and to increase the amount of small detail. The systematical error due to the chosen procedure was satisfyingly low. Haversian canals (50.8 ± 25.4 μm) and ostecyte lacunae (3.74 ± 0.30 μm) were easily distinguishable from the scans by XCT-400, whereas SkyScan only extracted the Haversian canals. Morphological data from these two microtomographs had consistent distributions at the scale of the Haversian canals. Some correlations were observed between the morphological parameters, e.g. the cortical porosity correlated with pore diameter and number of pores. In conclusion, the Xradia μCT thus enables new level of bone morphological analysis which can enhance the understanding of relations between the properties of hierarchical microstructure and macroscopic features of the bone. Understanding of bone fragility can thereby be enhanced. In particular, such understanding plays important role in developing new methods of non-invasive bone assessment, based on quantitative ultrasound. Osteoporoottiset murtumat vanhenevalla väestöllä aiheuttavat kansanterveydellisen ongelman niin Suomessa kuin muuallakin maailmalla.Luuston mikrorakenne on vahvasti sidoksissa luun elastisiin kertoimiin. Mikrorakennetta voidaan kuvata erilaisilla parametreilla, joista esimerkiksi huokoisuus ja anisotrooppisuus ovat keskeisiä. Tässä työssä mitataan 24 ihmisen reisiluusta kerättyä sylinterimäistä kuoriluunäytettä käyttäen Xradia XCT-400 mikrotomografialaitteistoa. Kuvien pikselikoko on 0,56 − 0,59 μm ja erottelukyky 1,5 μm. Laitteiston sekä analyysiohjelmien säätäminen näytekohtaisesti vähensi selvästi kuvien kohinasuhdetta sekä paransi yksityiskohtien erottelua. Mineraalitiheyttä ei mittauksissa määritetty, sillä välttämättömät tiheysfantomit eivät mahtuneet näytteiden kanssa samanaikaisesti skannattavalle alueelle. Saaduista kuvista erottuivat selkeästi luun pitkittäissuunnassa kulkevat Haversin kanavat sekä tasaisesti jakautuneet pienet lacuna-ontelot.Tomografialaitteistolla kuvatuista luunäytteistä määritettiin rakenteellisia ominaisuuksia kolmella eri tasolla: yksi sisälsi ainoastaan Haversin kanavien vaikutuksen, toinen ainoastaan lacunat ja viimeinen oli yhdistetty kahdesta mainitusta. Tilastollisen analyysin avulla ominaisuuksien välisiä yhteyksiä tutkittiin määrittämällä parametrien väliset korrelaatiokertoimet. Huokoisuuteen havaittiin vaikuttavan erityisesti huokoisten lukumäärä sekä halkaisija. Anisotrooppisuudella ei havaittu olevan merkittävää yhteneväisyyttä huokoisuuden kanssa ja rakenne-indeksi vaikutti huomattavasti ainoastaan yhdistelmätasolla. Suoritettuja mittauksia verrattiin yhteistyönä Itä-Suomen yliopistossa Kuopiossa eri laitteistolla tehtyihin mittauksiin. Yhteneväisyyksiä löytyi Haversin kanavien mittaluokassa. Saavutettu hienorakenteen tarkkuus oli parempi kuin useimmissa tutkimuksissa esitetty. Mikrorakenteen tarkempi ymmärtäminen auttaa määrittämään makroskooppisia ominaisuuksia ja tarkentamaan mallia, jolla kuvataan luun kestävyyttä.
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title Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography
title_full Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography
title_fullStr Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography
title_full_unstemmed Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography
title_short Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography
title_sort morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high resolution x ray microtomography
title_txtP Morphological analysis of human cortical bone using high-resolution X-ray microtomography
topic tomografia mikrotomografia luu rakenne mikrorakenne huokoisuus Soveltava fysiikka Applied Physics 4023 mikrorakenteet
topic_facet 4023 Applied Physics Soveltava fysiikka huokoisuus luu mikrorakenne mikrorakenteet mikrotomografia rakenne tomografia
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