Title :
A piezo-electric bone dynamic sensor for bio-medical applications
Author :
Singh, Kanika ; Singh, V.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Instrum., Kurukshetra Univ., India
Abstract :
Bone is now a well established piezo-electric material. This property is used to develop a dynamic sensor for biomedical measurements, particularly to study the bone conditioning, under vibration. The sensor is found to work efficiently in the frequency range of 0.5 KHz to 50 KHz with the advantages of low cost and ease of fabrication. It has been tested in acoustic transmission studies of the bone to detect a fracture, its union and rate of healing
Keywords :
bioacoustics; bioelectric phenomena; biomechanics; biomedical transducers; bone; patient monitoring; piezoelectric materials; piezoelectric transducers; vibrations; 0.5 to 50 kHz; acoustic transmission; biomedical applications; bone; bone conditioning; ease of fabrication; fracture; frequency range; low cost; piezoelectric bone dynamic sensor; rate of healing; vibration; Acoustic sensors; Biological materials; Biomedical materials; Biomedical measurements; Biosensors; Bones; Costs; Fabrication; Frequency; Vibration measurement;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803986
