The ability of ultrasound velocity to predict the stiffness of cancellous bone in vitro

Bone

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-190

  Hodgskinson, R ^a,d   Njeh, C F ^b   Currey, J D ^c   Langton, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone; Trabecular structure; Ultrasound velocity; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CATTLE; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030858059     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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