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Title: Characterization of collagen formation surrounding osteocytes using second and third harmonic generation
More than 54 million Americans have or are at high risk of developing a metabolic bone disease; disorders of bone strength that leave individuals with fragile bones and disabilities. The gold standard to evaluate these diseases is dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, but this only measures mineral content. These diseases, however, impact collagen and mineral integrity which impede the bone’s ability to store hormones, proteoglycans, and glycoproteins imperative to homeostasis. We have established a second harmonic generation (SHG) polarimetric assay that describes bone collagen organization. To further our analysis, we propose multimodal optical evaluation of bone quality with third harmonic generation (THG) to measure osteocyte dendritic processes. This method of analysis could be used to evaluate the disease state of bone and response to therapy.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1706916
NSF-PAR ID:
10099730
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proc. SPIE 10871, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging XIV
Page Range / eLocation ID:
108710W
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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