Title :
The acoustic properties of healing rat fractures
Author :
Harten, Robert D. ; Lee, Francis Y. ; Zimmer, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Using a standard model for the study of fracture healing, the rat femur, the acoustic impedance of the fracture callus was measured using a scanning acoustic microscope (SAM). Measurements were taken from regions of the callus that were formed through both endochondral and intramembranous ossification pathways. It was found that the tissue formed by these two mechanisms exhibited different trends in acoustic properties as the fracture healing process progressed
Keywords :
acoustic impedance; bioacoustics; bone; acoustic properties; endochondral ossification; fracture callus acoustic impedance; healing rat fractures; intramembranous ossification; rat femur; Acoustic measurements; Analysis of variance; Biomedical acoustics; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Bones; Impedance measurement; Microscopy; Orthopedic surgery; Rats;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Twenty-Second Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
New Brunswick, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3204-0
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1996.503197
