Quantification of mineralized bone response to prostate cancer by noninvasive in vivo microCT and non-destructive ex vivo microCT and DXA in a mouse model.

To compare nondestructive in vivo and ex vivo micro-computed tomography (muCT) and ex vivo dual-energy-X-ray-absorptiometry (DXA) in characterizing mineralized cortical and trabecular bone response to prostate cancer involving the skeleton in a mouse model.In vivo microCT was performed before and 10...

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Main Authors: Murali Ravoori, Aneta J Czaplinska, Charles Sikes, Lin Han, Evan M Johnson, Wei Qiao, Chaan Ng, Dianna D Cody, William A Murphy, Kim-Anh Do, Nora M Navone, Vikas Kundra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2847943?pdf=render