Figure 4: Virtual micro-endoscopy of the canals in the endplate. | Scientific Reports

Figure 4: Virtual micro-endoscopy of the canals in the endplate.

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

Figure 4

(A) Lateral view of the 3D canal network extracted from the endplate. (B) The inner surface of the 3D canal network is clearly present. (C) Virtual navigation within the multiple levels of the internal surface of the canal. (A) and (B) scale bar = 1 mm, (C) scale bar = 500 μm.

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