The ultrasound group is part of the division of Advanced Radiological Sciences in the Department of Radiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Measurement of material properties with a new technique of ultrasound. The properties measured range from density, thickness to elastic or stiffness matrix components of the material being examined.
Bone is a natural composite.
The technique can also be applied to synthetic composites as demonstrated in the experiments presented on this website. Clinical studies of bone metabolism disorders and their treatment. The UCR technique was developed by Dr. Peter Antich and colleagues in the department and has been used in vivo and in vitro to study the mechanical properties of cortical and cancellous bone. The UCR laboratories There are two clinical devices which are where non-invasive in vivo studies are conducted and a UCR imaging laboratory, where in vitro studies are conducted and a variety of new devices are developed and tested. This page last updated May 1997.