Determination of the parameters of cancellous bone using low frequency acoustic measurements

James L. Buchanan, Robert P. Gilbert, Khaldoun Khashanah

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Abstract

The Biot model is widely used to model poroelastic media. Several authors have studied its applicability to cancellous bone. In this article the feasibility of determining the Biot parameters of cancellous bone by acoustic interrogation using frequencies in the 5-15 kHz range is studied. It is found that the porosity of the specimen can be determined with a high degree of accuracy. The degree to which other parameters can be determined accurately depends upon porosity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-126
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of Computational Acoustics
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2004

Keywords

  • Biot model
  • Cancellous bone
  • Finite elements
  • Inverse problem
  • Osteoporosis
  • Poroelastic media
  • Simplex method

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