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A topological look at human trabecular bone tissue
Franco MarinozziGilberto BiniRossella BediniFabiano BiniAndrea Marinozzisubject
0301 basic medicineStatistics and ProbabilityPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyTrabecular bone tissueOsteoporosis030209 endocrinology & metabolismOsteoarthritisTopological spaceBone tissueTopologyGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCW-complexBone DensityBone qualityHumansMedicineGeneral Immunology and Microbiologybusiness.industryApplied MathematicsMicroscopic levelGeneral MedicineAnatomyTrabecular architecturemedicine.diseaseTrabecular bone030104 developmental biologymedicine.anatomical_structureModeling and SimulationCW-complex; Euler characteristic; trabecular bone tissue; Kelvin cellCancellous BoneEuler characteristicSettore MAT/03 - GeometriaGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesbusinessKelvin celldescription
Bone quality is affected by trabecular architecture at microscopic level. Various abnormalities of bone tissue lead to altered strength and to an increased susceptibility to fracture, such as Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, two major health burdens of our society. These are two complex musculoskeletal diseases that mainly concern bone tissue. In the last twenty years, there has been a growing interest in finding an appropriate topological model for the micro-architecture of trabecular bone tissue. In particular, we prove that these models involve general topological spaces. The appropriate notion to deal with is that of CW-complex.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2017-01-01 |