A continuous wave technique for the measurement of the elastic properties of cortical bone

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Abstract

A continuous wave technique is described for measuring the nine independent orthotropic elastic coefficients from a single small cubic specimen. The side dimensions of this cubic specimen are on the order of 5 mm. Because of the small size of the specimen, the spatial resolution of material inhomogeneity using this technique is quite good. Although it is possible to apply this technique to any elastic material such as woods or metals, the elastic properties of human and canine cortical femora are presented here. The orthotropic elastic coefficients and the variation of these coefficients are presented as a function of anatomical position.

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