Figure 3: Representative 3D images of the canals in the endplate and IVD and corresponding pseudo-color images obtained by PPCST. | Scientific Reports

Figure 3: Representative 3D images of the canals in the endplate and IVD and corresponding pseudo-color images obtained by PPCST.

From: 3D characterization of morphological changes in the intervertebral disc and endplate during aging: A propagation phase contrast synchrotron micro-tomography study

Figure 3

(A) Intact 3D morphology of the lumbar functional unit. (B) 3D images of the canals, endplate, canals located in endplate and IVD. (C) Original and pseudo-colored images of the 3D canal network in the cranial and caudal endplates. (D) Original and pseudo-colored images of the upper and lower surfaces of the IVD. The pseudo-color bar in the lower-right corner indicates the diameter ranges of the canals in the endplate or the IVD thickness distribution.

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