Table 1.
Indices for 15 weeks old C57BL/6 female mice.
| Parameter | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Canal Volume(%) | 0.809 | 0.117 |
| Canal Diameter(microns) | 7.984 | 0.698 |
| Canal Occupancy(%) | 95.771 | 1.548 |
| Vascular Space(%) | 85.449 | 2.851 |
| Number of Osteocyte Lacunae(# per mm3) | 62.335 × 107 | 0.719 × 107 |
Indices are: canal volume normalised with total cortical volume, average canal diameter, canal occupancy by blood vessels, vascular volume normalised with cortical canal volume and osteocyte lacunae density normalised with cortical bone volume. Quantification performed in 4 X-ray tomography datasets, using the total scanned area for canal volume, canal diameter and osteocyte density indices and 60 sliced per dataset for canal occupancy and vascular space indices.