Osteogenesis Capability and Degradation Property Evaluation of Injectable Biomaterials: Comparison of Computed Tomography and Ultrasound

Table 1

ROI GV and cross-section area (behalf of pixel) of ultrasound images. GV is in an uptrend while the section area is in a downtrend with time. The data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).

No. of animals	CS group						CS/nHAC group
	1 h		14 d		28 d		1 h		14 d		28 d
	GV	Section area	GV	Section area	GV	Section area	GV	Section area	GV	Section area	GV	Section area
1	32.46	21657	51.48	18827	56.12	7098	39.59	25467	63.39	18322	129.82	14727
2	36.08	20233	49.77	10951	59.54	8934	27.73	21930	53.40	14681	135.80	13400
3	32.23	31197	40.69	17027	65.59	9526	32.07	20422	51.89	15498	103.28	12672
4	30.75	24518	49.03	13932	52.71	7321	28.81	22797	48.26	15029	94.96	14309
5	29.93	28072	39.84	12385	68.47	5997	34.68	23733	60.25	14792	137.94	10582
𝑋±𝑠	32.29 ± 2.4	25135.4 ± 4524	46.16 ± 5.5	14624.4 ± 3257	60.49 ± 6.5	7775.3 ± 1435	32.58 ± 4.8	22869.8 ± 1895	55.44 ± 6.2	15664.4 ± 1518	120.36 ± 19.8	13138.0 ± 1637