Research Article

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging of Fracture Healing in the Normal Mouse

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Mineral/matrix in whole callus and underlying fractured bone at 2 (a) and 4 (b) weeks after fracture. Figure (c) shows typical spectra from (1) callus, (2) woven bone, and (3) cortical bone. Note the strong subband at 1112 cm−1 in (1) and (2).
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