Fiber Orientations Visualized (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Fiber Orientations Visualized

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Using a polarized-light-based system that can reveal the angles of collagen fibers in a ligament sample, the researchers have shown how groups of neighboring fibers changing their orientations in tandem prefigures the spots where failure eventually occurs.

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