Prediction of frequency-dependent ultrasonic backscatter in cancellous bone using statistical weak scattering model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-464

  Jenson, Frédéric ^a   Padilla, Frédéric ^a   Laugier, Pascal ^a  

^a UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation function; Backscatter coefficient; Cancellous bone; Inverse problem; Trabecular thickness; Ultrasound; Weak scattering

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FREQUENCIES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0037363185     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00742-1     Document Type: Article

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