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Men who stare at bone: multimodal monitoring of bone healing
Sabine Schulze1,2, Rebecca Rothe3,4, Christin Neuber3
1University Center of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery (OUPC), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
Abstract:
Knowledge of the physiological and pathological processes, taking place in bone during fracture healing or defect regeneration, is essential in order to develop strategies to enhance bone healing under normal and critical conditions. Preclinical testing allows a wide range of imaging modalities that may be applied both simultaneously and longitudinally, which will in turn lower the number of animals needed to allow a comprehensive assessment of the healing process. This work provides an up-to-date review on morphological, functional, optical, biochemical, and biophysical imaging techniques including their advantages, disadvantages and potential for combining them in a multimodal and multiscale manner. The focus lies on preclinical testing of biomaterials modified with artificial extracellular matrices in various animal models to enhance bone remodeling and regeneration.
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