Ultrasound velocity of trabecular cubes reflects mainly bone density and elasticity

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-23

  Hans, D ^a   Wu, C ^a   Njeh, C F ^a   Zhao, S ^a   Augat, P ^a   Newitt, D ^a   Link, T ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Majumdar, S ^a   Genant, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Elasticity; Structure; Ultrasound; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032899777     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900572     Document Type: Article

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