Figure 1.
Micro-CT machine, images and 3D renderings.
(a) Micro-CT machine (Skyscan 1076), (b) hemi 5th lumbar vertebral body (excluded the posterior element) in left, the section of the micro-CT image in right (the region of interest for trabecular bone calculated also shown in dotted red line), and (c) intact femur (the region of interest for cortical bone calculated also shown in dotted red line) in left, the section of the micro-CT image in right.
Table 1.
Definition and description of parameters for trabecular bone microarchitecture and cortical bone morphology.
Figure 2.
Dental CT machine, images and 3D renderings.
(a) Dental CT machine (Asahi AZ 3000), (b) hemi 5th lumbar vertebral body (excluded the posterior element) in left, the section of the dental CT image in right (the region of interest for trabecular bone calculated also shown in dotted red line), and (c) intact femur (the region of interest for cortical bone calculated also shown in dotted red line) in left, the section of the dental CT image in right.
Figure 3.
Correlations of the vCanGrayscale (grayscale value of the cancellous bone of 5th vertebral body) measured using dental CT and micro-CT with BV/TV (a), (b) TbTh, (c) TbN, (d) TbSp.
Table 2.
Trabecular bone parameters of the 5th vertebral body: the four trabecular bone microarchitecture parameter (BV/TV, TbN, TbTh, TbSp) measured by micro-CT and the grayscale measured by dental CT.
Figure 4.
Correlations of the (a)TtAr, (b)CtAr, (c)CtAr/TtAr, (d)CtTh measured by micro-CT and dental CT.
Table 3.
Cortical bone parameters of the femoral diaphysis: the four cortical bone morphology parameters (TbAr,CtAr, CtAr/TbAr, and CtTh) measured by micro-CT and dental CT.