Anisotropy of ultrasonic backscatter and attenuation from human calcaneus: Implications for relative roles of absorption and scattering in determining attenuation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3474-3479

  Wear, Keith A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINERALIZATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND;

ANISOTROPY; CALCANEUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034131128     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.429417     Document Type: Article

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