Ultrasonic characterization of orthotropic elastic bovine bones

• Published in: Ultrasonics Vol. 39; no. 8; pp. 567 - 573
• Main Authors: Lasaygues, P., Pithioux, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acoustics; Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanics; Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging; Bone and Bones - physiology; Cattle; Compact bovine bone characterization; Elastic constants; Elasticity; Engineering Sciences; Femur - diagnostic imaging; Femur - physiology; Longitudinal velocity; Mechanics; Orthotropic stiffness tensor; Physics; Transversal velocity; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound; Longitudinal velocity; Elastic constants; Compact bovine bone characterization; Ultrasound; 74.25.Ld; Orthotropic stiffness tensor; Transversal velocity
• ISSN: 0041-624X; 1874-9968
• DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(02)00261-5

The aim of the present study was to determine the mechanical properties of bovine bones. An ultrasonic method was used to determine acoustical parameters such as the longitudinal and transverse velocities in the longitudinal and two radial directions of compact bone, i.e., in all directions of the plane. Waves propagating through bovine femoral bones were studied using an ultrasonic scanner for linear and sectorial scanning. The mechanical parameters of compact bone, such the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio in the orthotropic case, were then determined from the measured velocities. The results are in line with those in the literature.