Unsupervised 3D classification and characterisation of osteocyte and chondrocyte lacunae in the murine osteochondral unit
Anik Banerjee, Pholpat Durongbhan, Piyush Uniyal, Valentine Gaillard, Jemima E. Schadow, Emma Boersma, Kathryn S. Stok, Davide Ruffoni, Harry van Lenthe
This paper presents an automated pipeline to classify osteocyte and chondrocyte lacunae in mouse osteochondral units using microCT, achieving high accuracy without manual intervention or cement line identification.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering