A Cedola et al 2003 Phys. Med. Biol. 48 N37 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/48/3/401
A Cedola1, V Stanic2, M Burghammer3, S Lagomarsino1, F Rustichelli4, R Giardino5,6, N Nicoli Aldini6, M Fini6, V Komlev4 and S Di Fonzo7
Show affiliationsThe purpose of the present investigation is to demonstrate the power of the x-ray micro-diffraction technique in biological studies. In particular the reported experiment concerns the study of the interface between a Zr prosthetic device implanted in a rat femur and the newly-formed bone, with a spatial resolution of 0.5 µm. The obtained results give interesting information on the Zr deformation and on the crystallographic phase, the grain size and the orientation of the new bone. Moreover the study reveals a marked difference in the structure of the reconstructed bone with respect to the native bone, which cannot be appreciated with other techniques.
87.64.Bx Electron, neutron and x-ray diffraction and scattering
Issue 3 (7 February 2003)
Received 3 September 2002, in final form 10 December 2002
Published 22 January 2003
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