Advanced Bioimaging Technologies in Assessment of the Quality of Bone and Scaffold Materials
This book provides a perspective on the current status of bioimaging technologies developed to assess the quality of musculoskeletal tissue with an emphasis on bone and cartilage. It offers evaluations of scaffold biomaterials developed for enhancing the
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L. Qin · H.K. Genant J.F. Griffith · K.S. Leung (Editors)
Advanced Bioimaging Technologies in Assessment of the Quality of Bone and Scaffold Materials Techniques and Applications With Figures and Tables
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Ling Qin Professor of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China e-mail: [email protected] Harry K. Genant Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco, Chairman Emeritus; Board of Directors, Synarc, Inc e-mail: [email protected] James F. Griffith Department of Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China e-mail: Griffi[email protected] Kwok Sui Leung Professor of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China e-mail: [email protected]
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Foreword (I) As the Emeritus Professor and Executive Director of the Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group of the University of California San Francisco, and as Chairman of the WHO Task Force on Osteoporosis, I am pleased to write this preface to Advanced Bio-imaging Technologies in Assessment of Quality of Bone and Scaffold Biomaterials edited by Ling Qin, Harry K. Genant, James F. Griffith, and Kwok-Sui Leung. This book results largely from the contributions provided by the scientists and physicians who participated in the International Symposium on Advanced Biotechnologies for Assessing Quality of Bone and Scaffold Biomaterials, which
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