Velocity dispersion of acoustic waves in cancellous bone

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 581-592

  Droin, Pascal ^a   Berger, Geneviève ^a   Laugier, Pascal ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BONE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC DIFFRACTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; PHASE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0032073999     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.677603     Document Type: Article

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