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Cranial sutures and diploae morphology
The aim of the study was to assess the normal cranial suture and bone diploae ultrastructural morphology. Two types of sutures from
different specimens were collected. The micro-CT scanning provided a three-dimensional view of the sutures at a microscopic level thus
allowing the evaluation of the development stage and a rapid analysis evaluation of bone and diploae morphology. In the meantime, the
micro-CT is able to generate more slices than the normal histology preserving the analyzed specimens and became one of the most
powerful tools in the craniofacial area. The micro-CT analysis generated structure-orientated slices that in conjunction with the histological
sections provide a high quality quantitative analysis of all cranial sutures and of the cranial bones diploae