Research Article
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging of Fracture Healing in the Normal Mouse
Table 2
FT-IRI parameters described in the present study; HA = hydroxyapatite [
7,
27,
28].
| | Parameter | Origin | Spectral measurement |
| | Mineral/matrix | /amide I | (916–1180 cm−1)/(1588–1712 cm−1) area ratio | | Carbonate/phosphate | | (852–890 cm−1)/(916–1180 cm−1) area ratio | | HA crystallinity/maturity | Shape changes in mode | 1030 cm−1/1020 cm−1 peak-height ratio | | Collagen cross-links/maturity | Changes in amide I contour | 1660 cm−1/1690 cm−1 peak-height ratio
Valid for collagen types I and III | | Acid phosphate content | Shape changes in mode
Freshly precipitated, poorly crystalline HA/ | 1112 cm−1/1096 cm−1 peak-height ratio |
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