Mouse fracture models have become increasingly versatile tools for the study of how fractures heal. Mouse genes can be specifically modified using transgenic technology, thereby providing the opportunity to study the roles of individual genes during the fracture healing process. The mouse rib fracture model is a reliable model for use in studies of gene expression during fracture healing, which...

This article describes further development of a novel Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE) approach described in one of our previous papers. Here these sensors have been used for the first time as a Piecewise Continuous System (PCS), which means that they are not only capable of following the deformation pattern but can also detect distinctive fracture events. In order to characterize the simultane...