title: The acoustic properties of normal and imbedded bovine bone as measured by acoustic microscopy.
abstract: The acoustic impedance of bovine femoral cortical bone was measured with a scanning acoustic microscope used in the reflection mode. The bone was measured in the unimbedded state and after plastic imbedding. The acoustic impedance of the unimbedded specimens was also measured with a standard transmission ultrasonic technique. For the unimbedded bovine specimens there was a good correlation between the bulk transmission impedance and the reflection surface impedance (r2 = 0.976) and the values were 9.32 and 9.29 MRayls, respectively. Plastic imbedding produced a consistent and statistically significant increase in the acoustic impedance of the bone (9.71 MRayls). This experiment verified the use of acoustic microscopy as a quantitative materials analysis technique and it demonstrated the potential for material property analysis of imbedded bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Medicine and Dentistry/New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Chokshi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Budhwani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berndt
mesh_terms: D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests; D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002417:Cattle; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008853:Microscopy; D016613:Plastic Embedding; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography