Evaluation of Single-Impact-Induced Cartilage Degeneration by Optical Coherence Tomography

Figure 3

Subsurface changes (i.e., cleft formation) in response to single-impact loading. Exemplary sample (MIMP, day 8) with impact area on the left half of each image. Rectangles indicate close-to-surface fissures in the 2D OCT image (a) which were confirmed by histology: HE (b), Safranin O (c). OCT image fits to scale of histological sections.

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