ABSTRACT

Bone is a complex biological material that consists of both an inorganic and organic phase, which undergoes continuous dynamic biological processes within the body. This complex structure and the need to acquire accurate data have resulted in a wide variety of methods applied in the physical analysis of bone in vivo and in vitro. Each method has it

section Section 1|2 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|32 pages

Anatomy, physiology and disease

chapter Chapter 2|37 pages

Biological safety considerations

chapter Chapter 3|19 pages

Radiation safety considerations

chapter Chapter 4|32 pages

Instrument evaluation

section Section 2|2 pages

Introduction

section Section 3|2 pages

Ionizing Radiation Techniques

section Section 4|2 pages

Non-Ionizing Techniques

chapter Chapter 13|33 pages

Magnetic resonance imaging

chapter Chapter 14|63 pages

Quantitative ultrasound

chapter Chapter 15|36 pages

Finite element modelling

chapter Chapter 16|38 pages

Vibration analysis

section Section 5|2 pages

Clinical Applications of Physical Measurement of Bone

chapter Chapter 17|20 pages

Human studies