Measurement of velocity and attenuation of shear waves in bovine compact bone using ultrasonic spectroscopy

✍ Scribed by Junru Wu; Frances Cubberley

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 552 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-5629
• DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(96)00184-6

✦ Synopsis

The ultrasonic spectroscopy (broadband pulse) technique was applied to simultaneously measure phase velocity and attenuation coefficient of shear waves in bovine compact bone at frequencies ranging from 4.0-10.0 MHz. It was found that the ratio of attenuation coefficient of shear waves to that of longitudinal waves at a particular frequency for bovine compact bone was smaller than that of other polymer synthesizing materials. The anisotropy of phase velocity and attenuation coefficient of compact bone was also experimentally examined.