Optimization of digital volume correlation computation in SR-microCT images of trabecular bone and bone-biomaterial systems.
Journal article
Peña Fernández, M, Barber, AH, Blunn, GW and Tozzi, G (2018). Optimization of digital volume correlation computation in SR-microCT images of trabecular bone and bone-biomaterial systems. Journal of Microscopy. 272 (3), pp. 213-272. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12745
Authors | Peña Fernández, M, Barber, AH, Blunn, GW and Tozzi, G |
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Abstract | A micromechanical characterization of biomaterials for bone tissue engineering is essential to understand the quality of the newly regenerated bone, enabling the improvement of tissue regeneration strategies. A combination of microcomputed tomography in conjunction with in situ mechanical testing and digital volume correlation (DVC) has become a powerful technique to investigate the internal deformation of bone structure at a range of dimensional scales. However, in order to obtain accurate three-dimensional strain measurement at tissue level, high-resolution images must be acquired, and displacement/strain measurement uncertainties evaluated. The aim of this study was to optimize imaging parameters, image postprocessing and DVC settings to enhance computation based on 'zero-strain' repeated high-resolution synchrotron microCT scans of trabecular bone and bone-biomaterial systems. Low exposures to SR X-ray radiation were required to minimize irradiation-induced tissue damage, resulting in the need of advanced three-dimensional filters on the reconstructed images to reduce DVC-measured strain errors. Furthermore, the computation of strain values only in the hard phase (i.e. bone, biomaterial) allowed the exclusion of large artefacts localized in the bone marrow. This study demonstrated the suitability of a local DVC approach based on synchrotron microCT images to investigate the micromechanics of trabecular bone and bone-biomaterial composites at tissue level with a standard deviation of the errors in the region of 100 microstrain after a thorough optimization of DVC computation. |
Keywords | bone; bone-biomaterial; digital volume correlation; displacement/strain uncertainties; microCT; synchrotron; 0204 Condensed Matter Physics; 0912 Materials Engineering; 0601 Biochemistry And Cell Biology; Microscopy |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Microscopy |
Journal citation | 272 (3), pp. 213-272 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 1365-2818 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12745 |
Publication dates | |
26 Jul 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 16 Aug 2018 |
Accepted | 11 Jul 2018 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Additional information | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Peña Fernández, M., Barber, A.H., Blunn, G.W., and Tozzi, G. (2018). Optimization of digital volume correlation computation in SR-microCT images of trabecular bone and bone-biomaterial systems. Journal of Microscopy, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/jmi.12745 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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