Advanced High-Resolution Tomography in Regenerative Medicine

Reviews in detail the algorithms and software used for the 3D exploration of regenerated tissue

Covers the latest research in using X-ray microtomography for muscle diseases

Details applications of synchrotron radiation tomography in orthopedics and dentistry

Autorentext

Alessandra Giuliani is a Senior Scientist in Applied Physics at the Faculty of Medicine of the Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona, Italy). Her research activity is focused on issues related to tissue engineering and particularly on the characterization of constructs for the study/regeneration of bone and muscle tissue through advanced physical techniques, including high-resolution X-ray tomography. Alessia Cedola, Italian citizen, received in 1999 the PhD degree summa cum laude at the University Joseph Fourier" in Grenoble (France) with an experimental thesis at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). She is currently permanent senior scientist of the National Research Council (CNR) at Institute of Nanotechnology in Rome. She is enabled Associate Professor of Experimental Physics. She is responsible of the X-ray physics group at CNR in Rome.

Member of, i) Two Management Committees of the European Science Foundation Project COST,

ii) Scientific Committee of several International conferences on physics and X-ray optics., iii) Editorial Board of the Journal Scientific Reports Nature. She is currently principal investigator of several European and National financed projects. She works on X-ray imaging, X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography applied to Biomedical applications. She received several invitation to plenary and talks. She has more than 120 publications with 1400 citations.

Inhalt
The Huge Machines of Physics: the bet of the Multidisciplinary Research Teams in Regenerative Medicine.- X-ray Microtomography: the basic principles for dummies.- Role of X-ray Microtomography in Regenerative Medicine.- Synchrotron Radiation based Microtomography: what opportunities more?.- From Projections to the 3D Exploration of the Regenerated Tissue: Algorithms, Software and more.- Inside the bone: applications in Orthopedics and Dentistry.- The Challenge of the Vascularization of Regenerated Tissues.- Lung Imaging: Alterations and treatment Approaches in Pulmonary Diseases.- Better Cartilage Imaging at Synchrotron Facilities.- Into the Heart of the problem: which contributes to Cardiac Regeneration.- Frontiers in Muscle Diseases: the X-ray microtomography Support to latest Researches.- Brain, Drug release and more: what is cooking in research related to other Districts.- Towards an Increased Sensitivity by the In-line Phase Tomography.- Perspectives and Prospective from insiders.- Role of Standard X-ray Microtomography in Tissue Engineering.