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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: Analyst. 2011 Feb 28;136(8):1675–1685. doi: 10.1039/c0an00824a

Table 2.

Raman spectroscopic markers of cartilage and bone composition were used to calculate composition of cartilage and subchondral bone in cadaveric tissue. The cartilage to bone ratio was also used in spectra from tissue-simulating phantoms.

Tissue Properties Spectroscopic Marker
Cartilage to Bone 1063 cm−1/958 cm−1
Bone Mineralization 958 cm−1: 920 cm−1
Bone Chemistry
  • Carbonate substitution (1070 cm−1: 958 cm−1)

  • Crystallinity, 1/FWHM at 958 cm−1