Acoustic and ultrasonic tissue characterizationassessment of osteoporosis

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-269

  Langton, C M ^a,c   Njeh, C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bristol General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone; Osteoporosis; Ultrasonic measurements

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONES OF THE ARM AND HAND; CALCANEUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REVIEW; TIBIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONES OF UPPER EXTREMITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIBIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032605760     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411991534960     Document Type: Article

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