Arbabi A. A quantitative analysis of the structure of human sternum.
J Med Phys 2010;
34:80-6. [PMID:
20098541 PMCID:
PMC2805894 DOI:
10.4103/0971-6203.51934]
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Abstract
An extensive study of the human sternum has been carried out to obtain estimates of the omnidirectional path-length distributions and structural parameters for trabeculation and marrow spaces. Data for sternum samples have been collected, using an object plane scanning microscope. These data have been used to produce the omnidirectional path-length distributions and values of structural parameters for the whole sternum. For a typical adult man the mean trabecular and marrow space path lengths are 224 and 1364 μm, respectively. The percentage bone volume is 13.8 and the surface to volume ratio is 190 cm. Data on the structural variations within the whole sternum are presented. They show a percentage difference in bone volume between the manubrium and the body of sternum of about 36%.
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