Biomineralization of skeletal components (eg, bone and teeth) is generally accepted to
occur under strict cellular regulation, leading to mineral–organic composites with …

Molecular imaging has rapidly developed to answer the need of image contrast in medical
diagnostic imaging to go beyond morphological information to include functional differences …

Microcalcifications, primarily biogenic apatite, occur in cancerous and benign breast
pathologies and are key mammographic indicators. Outside the clinic, numerous …

Breast microcalcifications are a common mammographic finding. Microcalcifications are
considered suspicious signs of breast cancer and a breast biopsy is required, however …

Cancer development, progression and therapy response are heterogeneous and patient-
specific. The biological and physical properties of tumour cells and their surrounding tissue …

Calcifications play an essential role in early breast cancer detection and diagnosis.
However, information regarding the chemical composition of calcifications identified on …

Whitlockite is a calcium phosphate that was first identified in minerals collected from the
Palermo Quarry, New Hampshire. The terms magnesium whitlockite [Mg-whitlockite; Ca 18 …

Pathological mineralization has been reported countless times in the literature and is a well-
known phenomenon in the medical field for its connections to a wide range of diseases …

Résumé Since its first use several decades ago, scanning electron microscopy has been
used in numerous investigations dedicated to biological systems. This contribution focuses …

Microcalcifications play an important role in cancer detection. They are evaluated by their
radiological and histological characteristics but it is challenging to find a link between their …