Tibial ultrasound velocity measured in situ predicts the material properties of tibial cortical bone

Bone

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-125

  Lee, S C ^a,b   Coan, B S ^a   Bouxsein, Mary L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Density; Elastic modulus; Osteoporosis; Tibia; Ultrasound velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SOFTWARE; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030804819     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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