Ultrasound velocity and broadband attenuation as predictors of load- bearing capacities of human calcanei

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  Han, S ^a,b   Medige, J ^a,b   Davis, J ^a,b   Fishkin, Z ^a,b   Mihalko, W ^a   Ziv, I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Broadband ultrasound attenuation; Calcaneus; Strength; Ultrasound velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031027689     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900180     Document Type: Article

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