Can blood flow in the bone be measured using coloured labelled Microspheres?
Ghazzawi, H. and Abouel-Enin, S. and Reichert, I. and Gourlay, T. (2009) Can blood flow in the bone be measured using coloured labelled Microspheres? Internet Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 3 (2). ISSN 1937-8181
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This study was designed to determine whether coloured micro-spheres represent a realistic alternative to more conventional techniques for the assessment of bone blood flow (BBF). BBF is normally measured using radioactive labelled micro-spheres, a technique that is accurate, but becoming increasingly challenged for safety and environmental reasons. Coloured micro-spheres come in two varieties, dye-fixed and dye eluting, and both have been employed for the measurement of blood flow in soft tissue for some time. However, measuring blood flow in bone presents a different challenge to that of soft tissue, insofar as the bone has to be dissolved using harsh chemicals to enable the harvesting of the micro-spheres for counting. This study therefore was designed to determine whether these micro-spheres would survive the harvesting process, and whether they could be identified and counted afterwards.
Creators(s): | Ghazzawi, H., Abouel-Enin, S., Reichert, I. and Gourlay, T.; | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 18712 |
Keywords: | microspheres, blood flow, medicine, Bioengineering, Medicine (General), Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
Subjects: | Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Bioengineering Medicine > Medicine (General) Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Bioengineering |
Depositing user: | Ms Ashley Urie |
Date deposited: | 13 Apr 2010 11:45 |
Last modified: | 27 Jan 2021 08:39 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/18712 |
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