High-intensity neutron beams provide a means of measuring the integrated orientation of apatite crystals in bulk samples of bone. With a resolution of 2 mm2 in compact bone and 12 mm2 in trabeculae this promises a tool for the study of the load-bearing function of bone in a variety of anatomical sites.
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Bacon et al. (1977) studied this question.
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