Temperature dependency of quantitative ultrasound

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 316-320

  Pocock, Nicholas A ^a   Babichev, A ^b   Culton, N ^a   Graney, K ^c   Rooney, J ^c   Bell, D ^c   Chu, J ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOT BONES; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0034051338     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980070120     Document Type: Article

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