Fractal dimension predicts broadband ultrasound attenuation in stereolithography models of cancellous bone

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 467-471

  Langton, C M ^a   Whitehead, M A ^b   Haire, T J ^a   Hodgskinson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CATTLE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031909982     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/2/019     Document Type: Article

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