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(a) Session: Bone (b) Version Number: First, 2005.9.1 (c) Title: distribution of longitudinal wave properties in bovine cortical bone in vitro (d) Authors: Yu Yamato1), Mami Matsukawa2), Takahiko Otani2), Kaoru Yamazaki1), Akira Nagano1), Address: 1)Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan 2)Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, Japan (f) Abstract: The detailed distributions of longitudinal wave velocities in three bovine femoral cortical bones were experimentally investigated using a pulse echo system, considering density, BMD and microstructure. The velocities are clearly dependent of the structure and showed clear anisotropy. The distribution of velocity strongly depended on the wave propagation direction and the position in the cylindrical bone. An apparent correlation was found between the densities and velocities. In some parts of the femurs, velocities showed different degrees of anisotropy due to the position in the cylindrical bone, in spite of the similar microstructure and densities. (g) Keywords: cortical bone, non-destructive measurement, longitudinal velocity (h) Contact author: Yu Yamato Orthopaedic surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan FAX: +81-53-435-2296 E-mail: yy14@hama-med.ac.jp Introduction Precise bone evaluation is important for the treatment of osteoporosis in clinical medicine and efficacy of various therapeutic regimens designed to reduce fracture resulted from this disease. Recent clinical investigations and basic studies of bone using ultrasonic methods have been focusing on the cancellous bone [1-3], because the cancellous structure is sensitive to metabolism and the advance of osteoporosis. The strength and fragility of the whole bone, however, depend not only on the cancellous bone but also on the cortical bone (compact bone), which covers the cancellous bone and