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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2015 Jul 21;67:286–296. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.07.016

Table 2.

Scoring guide for the extent of bony bridging and union of defects evaluated by maximum intensity projections of μCT data sets (representative images of scores 4-1 are shown at bottom of table).

Description Score
Extent of Bony Bridging Histological Scoring Guide
 Bony bridging entire span of the defect at longest point (8mm) 4
 Bony bridging over partial length of the defect 3
 Bony bridging only at the defect borders 2
 Few bony spicules dispersed through defect 1
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