Anisotropy of Young's modulus of human tibial cortical bone

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-338

  Hoffmeister, B K ^a   Smith, S R ^a   Handley, S M ^b   Rho, J Y ^c  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Memphis ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biomechanics; Cortical bone; Elasticity; Ultrasonics; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BOVINE TIBIAL CANCELLOUS BONE; HUMAN TIBIAL CORTICAL BONE;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORTICAL BONE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; TIBIA; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0034089407     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347055     Document Type: Article

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