Scanning acoustic microscopy and human femoral bone remodelling

Author

Berndt, Hubert ; Zimmerman, M.C. ; Meunier, Alain ; Parsons, J. Russell ; Carpinelli, J.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

4-5 Apr 1991

Firstpage

165

Lastpage

166

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to evaluate and analyze the acoustic properties of the cortical, diaphyseal bone of the human femur. The analysis not only included a regional analysis, but also an analysis of the three circumferential zones of the bone, the periosteal, middle, and endosteal zones. Differences between individual pairs as well as the transition of properties between the periosteal and endosteal bone were observed. Circular averaging over the sections as well as the generation of quantitative graphical data are presented. This technique provides a very quick quantitative analysis of the material properties of an unprocessed section of bone

Keywords

acoustic microscopy; bioacoustics; biological techniques and instruments; bone; circular averaging; circumferential zones; cortical diaphyseal bone; endosteal bone; human femoral bone remodelling; material properties; periosteal bone; quantitative graphical data generation; regional analysis; transition of properties; unprocessed bone section; Acoustic materials; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic transducers; Biomedical optical imaging; Bones; Humans; Microscopy; Optical scattering; Orthopedic surgery; Ultrasonic transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Seventeenth Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Hartford, CT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0030-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1991.154630

Filename

154630