title: Experimental observation of ultrasound fast and slow waves through three-dimensional printed trabecular bone phantoms.
abstract: In this paper, ultrasound measurements of 1:1 scale three-dimensional (3D) printed trabecular bone phantoms are reported. The micro-structure of a trabecular horse bone sample was obtained via synchrotron x-ray microtomography, converted to a 3D binary data set, and successfully 3D-printed at scale 1:1. Ultrasound through-transmission experiments were also performed through a highly anisotropic version of this structure, obtained by elongating the digitized structure prior to 3D printing. As in real anisotropic trabecular bone, both the fast and slow waves were observed. This illustrates the potential of stereolithography and the relevance of such bone phantoms for the study of ultrasound propagation in bone.
authors.affiliation: ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Langevin, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France fabien.meziere@espci.org.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mézière
authors.affiliation: UMR 168, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UPMC, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France petra.juskova@curie.fr, jason.woittequand@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Juskova
authors.affiliation: UMR 168, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UPMC, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France petra.juskova@curie.fr, jason.woittequand@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woittequand
authors.affiliation: ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Langevin, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France mmuller2@ncsu.edu, emmanuel.bossy@espci.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.affiliation: ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Langevin, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France mmuller2@ncsu.edu, emmanuel.bossy@espci.fr.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bossy
authors.affiliation: Institut de Paléoprimatologie, Paléontologie Humaine: Evolution et Paléoenvironnements, UMR 7262-CNRS, Université de Poitiers, UFR SFA, Bât. B35, 6 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, Poitiers 86073, France renaud.boistel@univ-poitiers.fr.
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boistel
authors.affiliation: UMR 168, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UPMC, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France Laurent.Malaquin@curie.fr.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malaquin
authors.affiliation: ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Langevin, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France arnaud.derode@espci.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derode
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006736:Horses; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D009038:Motion; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional; D012984:Software; D017356:Synchrotrons; D013997:Time Factors; D000069453:Ultrasonic Waves; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055114:X-Ray Microtomography