Measurements of phase velocity and group velocity in human calcaneus

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 641-646

  Wear, Keith A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Cancellous bone; Dispersion; Osteoporosis; Trabecular bone; Velocity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MINERALS; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CALCANEUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SONOMETRY; TRABECULAR BONE;

BONE;

POLYCARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT;

EID: 0034036395     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00172-6     Document Type: Article

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