author keywords: tendon-bone insertion; collagen fiber orientation; fast fourier transform; time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

MeSH headings : Animals; Anisotropy; Biomechanical Phenomena; Bone and Bones / chemistry; Collagen / analysis; Minerals / analysis; Spectrometry, Mass, Secondary Ion; Swine; Tendons / chemistry; Tensile Strength

TL;DR: The porcine digital flexor tendon insertion tissue is examined to provide a quantitative description of its collagen orientation and mineral concentration by using Fast Fourier Transform based image analysis and mass spectrometry, respectively. (via Semantic Scholar)