IDENTIFICATION METHOD OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BONE TISSUE AT SUBCHONDRAL LEVEL THROUGH HIGH RESOLUTION MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

摘要

Method of identification of the different types of bone tissue at the subchondral level by means of high resolution computerized microtomography object of the present patent of invention comprising, at least, the following steps: A first stage of obtaining a bone biopsy, where said biopsy was obtained from the center of the medial or lateral femoral condyle and in a direction perpendicular to the load axis; A second stage of obtaining transverse bone images by computed tomography; A third stage of image processing and quantitative analysis of 2d images of cross-sectional images, where once the images transverse to the scanning plane have been obtained, a typical image treatment with type and A fourth stage of mathematical adjustment using straight lines of different slopes to identify the different bone regions where morphological variables obtained with computerized microtomography are used, as is the case of the variable bar/tar (%) to make the adjustments. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)