Osteoporosis and osteopenia are common conditions in adults over fifty, however x-ray based screening is not always feasible. This project is a part of a larger investigation attempting to use RFID technology to detect osteoporosis. The contribution of this project to the investigation consisted of developing a proof of concept for an RFID based osteoporosis screening device. The proof of concept was used to perform measurements on cadaveric arms. Data was collected to see if a correlation could be found between RF propagation and whether the bones were osteoporotic or not. The measurements were taken successfully and the data was used to establish a correlation in the greater investigation.

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Creator

• Doerner, Brede E.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042219-225840

Advisor

• Makarov, Sergey N.

Year

• 2019

Date created

• 2019-04-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright