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Elsevier, Ultrasonics, (44), p. e1307-e1311

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.032

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Assessment of bone structure and acoustic impedance in C3H and BL6 mice using high resolution scanning acoustic microscopy

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Abstract

Two hundred-MHz time-resolved scanning acoustic microscopy was applied for the investigation of acoustic and structural bone properties of mice from two inbred strains. Transverse sections of femur taken from 5 C57BL/6J@Ico and 5 C3H/HeJ@Ico mice were explored. Both strains had the same bone diameter, but the C3H/HeJ@Ico mice had greater cortical thickness, smaller cancellous diameter, and greater acoustic impedance values than C57BL/6J@Ico mice. The strong differences in the measured acoustic impedances among the two inbred strains indicate that the impedance is a good parameter to detect genetic variations of the skeletal phenotype in small animal models.