HE Staining and Micro-CT to Evaluate Murine Trabecular Bone Microarchitecture

September 08, 2023

An Economic and Efficient Method for Quantitative Evaluation of Bone Microarchitecture in a Murine Osteoporosis Model (Video) | JoVE

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Micro-Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging of Murine Trabecular Bone

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Analyzing Micro-Computed Tomography (CT) Images of Murine Trabecular Bone (Video) | JoVE

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Analyzing the Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) Images of Murine Trabecular Bone Tissue

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Junjie Li, Yuchen Hu, Haoming You, Ruxu Li, Qiang Ran, Tianxin Ouyang, Yong Huang

¹Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ²Department of Orthopedics,Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Summary

This protocol presents an economical and efficient method for quantitative evaluation of bone microarchitecture in a mouse model of osteoporosis by combining Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) staining and micro-computed tomography (Micro-CT) techniques.