ABSTRACT
Bovine bone samples received implantation of a solid mini screw and after that they were immersed in sterile physiological solution and stored by freezing (-20ºC). The samples were acquired in a high resolution system (Bruker/Skyscan μCT, model 1173, Kontich, Belgium, software version 1.6) at a pixel resolution of 9.3 μm, using a 1 mm thick aluminum filter, 80 kV, 90 μA, and exposure time of 800 ms. It was used a flat panel detector with a matrix of 2240 × 2240 pixels. The bone sections were kept in 2 ml eppendorf tubes containing saline solution during acquisition. The images were reconstructed (NRecon software, InstaRecon, Inc. Champaign, IL, USA, version 1.6.4.1) and evaluated in the CT-Analyser software (version 1.10, Bruker/Skyscan μCT, Kontich, Belgium).
