The Physical Measurement of Bone

Bone is a complex biological material, consisting 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 has resulted in a wide variety of methods applied in the physical analysis of bone in vivo and in vitro.

Each method has its own strengths and applications depending on the information sought by the clinician or researcher.

This book provides a detailed description of all the major methods of bone analysis, including brief comments on clinical evaluation.

The physics of each method are introduced as well as a summary of practical procedures.

This book will essential reading for practising medical physicists and technicians who need to know about the many methods of bone analysis open to them, and more importantly the wide coverage will provide a good introductory framework for students of medical physics and biomedical engineering.