Propagation of ultrasonic pulses through trabecular bone

W. LAURIKS; J. THOEN; I. VAN ASBROECK; G. LOWET; G. VAN DER PERRE

doi:doi:10.1051/jp4:19945278

Numéro		J. Phys. IV France Volume 04, Numéro C5, Mai 1994 3ème Congrés français d'acoustique 3rd French conference on acoustics


Page(s)		C5-1255 - C5-1258
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:19945278

3ème Congrés français d'acoustique
3rd French conference on acoustics

J. Phys. IV France 04 (1994) C5-1255-C5-1258
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:19945278

Propagation of ultrasonic pulses through trabecular bone

W. LAURIKS¹, J. THOEN¹, I. VAN ASBROECK¹, G. LOWET² and G. VAN DER PERRE²

¹ Laboratorium voor Akoestiek en Warmtegeleiding, Departement Natuurkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
² Afdeling Biomechanica en Grafisch Ontwerpen, Departement Werktuigkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200A, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium

Abstract
It is shown that the transmission of ultrasonic pulses in bovine trabecular bone can be adequately described using Biot's theory. The different parameters involved in this theory have been measured independently and the theoretical results have been compared with experimental data obtained on water filled samples. Although several assumptions and approximations had to be made, the correspondence between theory and experiment is satisfactory.