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WE wish to draw attention to the advantages of the scanning electron microscope in investigating the architecture of trabecular bone. This tissue, which contains about 25 per cent by weight of bone and 75 per cent of marrow1,2, is important in the dosimetry of bone-seeking radio-nuclides. We have accordingly begun our work by using the Stereoscan microscope at its lowest powers of magnification (× 10 to × 100) to elucidate the general arrangement of the bony elements and to make estimates of their volume and surface area.
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DYSON, E., JACKSON, C. & WHITEHOUSE, W. Scanning Electron Microscope Studies of Human Trabecular Bone. Nature 225, 957–959 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225957a0
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