Quantitative ultrasound imaging at the calcaneus using an automatic region of interest

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-369

  Fournier, B ^a   Chappard, C ^a   Roux, C ^b   Berger, G ^a   Laugier, P ^a  

^a UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

^b Ctr d'Eval des Maladies Osseuses   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic ROI; Broadband ultrasonic attenuation; Calcaneus; Osteoporosis; Speed of sound; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL;

EID: 0030825428     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623779     Document Type: Article

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