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Fourth International Conference on Dynamic Systems and Applications
May 21-24, 2003
Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA, USA

Organizers
M. Sambandham

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Transmitted wave in a poroelastic medium and its application to evaluation of osteoporosis
by
Yongzhi Xu
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN

Cancellous bone is known to be poroelastic in structure. The ultrasonic wave propagates in cancellous bone can be formulated by Biot's equations. We construct the solution of the transmitted waves and consider the evaluation of porosity as an inverse propagating problem. In this talk we present some results in our ongoing research on the transmission of ultrasonic wave in cancellous bone and its application to evaluation of osteoporosis.

Date received: March 27, 2003

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