Assessment of bone quantity and 'quality' by ultrasound attenuation and velocity in the heel

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 281-285

  Grimm, Michele J ^a   Williams, John L ^b  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone quality; Broadband ultrasound attenuation; Calcaneus; Osteoporosis; Speed of sound; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIOMECHANICS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION (BUA);

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; VARIANCE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0031193752     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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