The ultrasonic wave propagation of fast and slow waves was investigated in vitro in 35 cubic cancellous bone specimens extracted from human femoral heads. Measurements were performed in three orthogonal directions using home-made PVDF transducers excited by a single sinusoidal wave at 1 MHz. The apparent density of the specimens was measured. Two separated fast and slow waves were clearly observed in 16 specimens, mainly in the main load direction. The waveforms and the sound speeds of fast and slow waves were similar to the reported data in bovine bone. The group of specimens in which the two waves were observed did not exhibit statistically higher apparent density than the rest of the specimens, but did exhibit statistically higher acoustic anisotropy ratio. The speeds in the main load direction were higher than those in the other direction. The fast and slow wave speeds were in good agreement with Biot's model, showing an increase with bone volume fraction (BV/TV). The ratio of peak amplitudes of the fast and slow waves nonlinearly increased as a function of BV/TV. These results open interesting perspective for acoustic assessment of cancellous bone micro-architecture and especially anisotropy that might lead to an improved assessment of bone strength.
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