Numerical computation of the porosity of bone substitution materials from synchrotron micro computer tomographic data

Abstract

Abstract Different porous bone substitution materials were studied by synchrotron micro computer tomography (SRμCT). The digital data were analyzed with respect to the geometrical parameters of the samples, i.e., porosity, specific surface, and connectivity of the pores. For most samples (both from natural and synthetic sources), there is a truly interconnecting porosity, i.e., topologically, they contain only one single pore.