OBJECTIVES This study aims to evaluate if micro-CT can work as a method for the 3D assessment and analysis of cancellous bone by comparing micro-CT with undecalcified histological sections in OVX rats. METHODS The mandible and tibia of sham, ovariectomised (OVX) and zoledronate-injected ovariectomised (OVX-ZOL) rats were assessed morphometrically. Specimens were scanned by micro-CT. Undecalci...

Introduction: Micro-CT scanner with a resolution of about 5 micrometers is one of the modalities used to create three-dimensional/two-dimensional images of urinary stones. This study aimed to optimize imaging parameters in micro-computed tomography (CT) scanner based on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of urinary stones for the analysis of stone composition. <stro...

Micro-Doppler motion of a target is an important characteristic in high-resolution radar observation. The target feature extraction of micro motion has already been applied to many aspects of radar research. In this article, general model is established for the echo signal of a target with micro-motion. Combination of time-frequency analysis method, a method using Radon transformation to detect...

Micro-electrical discharge machining is an evolution of conventional EDM used for fabricating three-dimensional complex micro-components and microstructures with high precision capabilities. The material removal process has stochastic nature and is still not fully understood. This paper presents experimental results on observing the material removal rate (MRR) in dependence of alternating machi...

Preliminary notes This paper aims to establish the parameters of optimization and geometrical improvements for the micro-geometry of solid carbide drills through the application of sand blasting process. The effects of sand blasting over the cutting edge and also upon the micro geometry of the tool body are to be taken into consideration. This process is one of the most common ones used in the ...

Morphometric and architectural bone parameters change in diseases such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. The mechanical strength of bone is primarily influenced by bone quantity and quality. Bone quality is defined by parameters such as trabecular thickness, trabecular separation, trabecular density and degree of anisotropy that describe the micro-architectural structure of bone. Recently, ...

A nonlinear acoustic effect is a sensitive tool to detect a micro-scale crack or early stage of cracking during the fatigue process. The damage produces a nonlinear stress-strain relationship, and the nonlinearity can be measured by a higher harmonic component in the frequency domain. The greater the damage, the larger the level of a nonlinearity, which can be used for the diagnosis of micro-cr...