In vivo and in vitro measurement of ultrasound velocity in cortical bone

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 40, Issue , 1997, Pages 201-220

  Lowet, Geert ^a   Van Der Perre, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BONE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE HEALING; ITS APPLICATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; ULTRA-SOUND VELOCITIES;

BONE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0030634499     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-884-7-201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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