Measurement of airborne ultrasonic slow waves in calcaneal cancellous bone

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 215-223

  Strelitzki, R ^a   Paech, V ^b   Nicholson, P H F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Air saturated; Cancellous bone; Os calcis; Slow wave; Tortuosity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BONE; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOT SLOW WAVES; TORTUOSITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AIR; BIOPHYSICS; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033134284     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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