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Backscattered electron (BSE) imaging of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was applied to a study on the mineral density of the bone surface. The neonatal and adult mouse parietal bones freed of the periosteum and covering cells were examined in a field emission scanning electron microscope equipped with a high sensitivity BSE detector at 1-30 kV accelerating voltages. The mineral density of the bone surface was observable in BSE images at 5 kV accelerating voltage while only the topographic structures of the surface were obtained under an accelerating voltage less than 5 kV. As the accelerating voltages increased from 5 kV, the bright areas were extended, probably due to the imaging of the calcified bone matrix under the uncalcified osteoid. The bone surface is usually divided into smooth and rough areas according to its irregularities. BSE images at 5 kV clearly showed that the smooth areas were further divided into dark and bright areas which apparently corresponded to the uncalcified osteoid and calcified bone matrix, respectively. Bright granules, about 1.0-3.0 microns in diameter, were sometimes observed at the border between the osteoid and calcified bone matrix; these granular calcified areas were regarded as the calcifying front forming the calcified bone matrix from the osteoid. The present study demonstrated that the distribution of the osteoid on the mouse parietal bone surface changes depending on age: the osteoid occupied a large area in the parietal bone surface in neonatal mice, but was small in adult mice. Thus, low accelerating voltage SEM using BSE provides new information on the distribution of the osteoid and the bone matrix calcification under both normal and pathological conditions.

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Detection of Mineral Density on the Surface of Mouse Parietal Bones: Backscattered Electron Imaging of Low Accelerating Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy.