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The Elastic Properties of Osteoporotic and Osteopetrotic Bone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

J. Lawrence Katz ,
H. S. Yoon ,
A. Meunier  and
P. Christel
J. Lawrence Katz
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
H. S. Yoon
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York, NY 10010
A. Meunier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Recherches Orthopedics, Faculte de Medecine
P. Christel
Affiliation:
Lariboisiere-St. Louis, Paris, France
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Abstract

We have been involved in using several ultrasonic wave propagation techniques to study the relationship between the structure and the elastic properties of bone, both normal and pathological. Pulse through ultrasonic techniques have been used to measure the ultrasonic velocities in human, normal, osteoporotic and osteopetrotic femoral bones in vitro at 5 MHz and room temperature. An ultrasonic right-angle reflector technique has also been used on the same specimens at room temperature and 15 MHz (the third harmonic of a 5 MHz immersion type transducer). In addition, microhardness measurements have been made on the same bones from which the specimens for ultrasonic measurements were obtained.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 110: Symposium M – Biomedical Materials and Devices , 1987 , 495
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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