Visualization of 3D osteon morphology by synchrotron radiation micro‐CT

Cortical bone histology has been the subject of scientific inquiry since the advent of the earliest microscopes. Histology – literally the study of tissue – is a field nearly synonymous with 2D thin sections. That said, progressive developments in high‐resolution X‐ray imaging are enabling 3D visualization to reach ever smaller structures. Micro‐computed tomography (micro‐CT), employing conventional X‐ray sources, has become the gold standard...