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Morphological characterization of the human calvarium in relation to the diploic and cranial thickness utilizing X-ray computed microtomography

Larsson, Emanuel LU orcid ; Brun, F. ; Tromba, G. ; Cataldi, P. ; Uvdal, K. and Accardo, A. (2014) 13th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013, MEDICON 2013 In IFMBE Proceedings 41. p.194-197
Abstract

When attempting to establish accurate models for the human diploe, micro-scale morphological differences in the four main areas of the calvaria could also be considered. In this study, X-ray computed microtomography (μ-CT) images were analyzed in order to quantitatively characterize the micro-architecture of the human calvarium diploe. A bone specimen from each area of the skull (temporal, frontal, parietal and occipital) was extracted from a set of 5 human donors and each specimen was characterized in terms of density, specific surface area, trabecular thickness, trabecular spacing. The obtained results revealed that subject-individual structural differences could be related with the diploic as well as the total cranial thickness of... (More)

When attempting to establish accurate models for the human diploe, micro-scale morphological differences in the four main areas of the calvaria could also be considered. In this study, X-ray computed microtomography (μ-CT) images were analyzed in order to quantitatively characterize the micro-architecture of the human calvarium diploe. A bone specimen from each area of the skull (temporal, frontal, parietal and occipital) was extracted from a set of 5 human donors and each specimen was characterized in terms of density, specific surface area, trabecular thickness, trabecular spacing. The obtained results revealed that subject-individual structural differences could be related with the diploic as well as the total cranial thickness of the human skull bones. Some tendencies of dependency could also be made with respect to the age of the subject. A consideration of these individual variations can improve traditional models that assume equal conditions throughout the skull.

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keywords
Calvarium diploe, Computed microtomography, Cranial bones, Image analysis, Image processing
host publication
XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013
series title
IFMBE Proceedings
editor
Roa Romero, L
volume
41
pages
194 - 197
publisher
Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l.
conference name
13th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013, MEDICON 2013
conference location
Seville, Spain
conference dates
2013-09-25 - 2013-09-28
external identifiers
  • scopus:84891284484
ISSN
1680-0737
ISBN
9783319008455
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-00846-2_48
language
English
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  author       = {{Larsson, Emanuel and Brun, F. and Tromba, G. and Cataldi, P. and Uvdal, K. and Accardo, A.}},
  booktitle    = {{XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{194--197}},
  publisher    = {{Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l.}},
  series       = {{IFMBE Proceedings}},
  title        = {{Morphological characterization of the human calvarium in relation to the diploic and cranial thickness utilizing X-ray computed microtomography}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00846-2_48}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-319-00846-2_48}},
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