Detection of osteoporosis using mechanical vibration

• Main Author: Lim, Chu Sing.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Production Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6915
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report aims to investigate the feasibility of using a mechanical vibration test system as a possible in-vitro test unit for bone densitometry. The report reviews some major measurement techniques of bone densitometry and vibration analysis. A mechanical system to measure bone densitometry was t...