Contrast and velocity ultrasonic tomography of long bones

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 139-160

  Ouedraogo, Edgard ^a   Lasaygues, P ^b   Lefebvre, J P ^b   Gindre, M ^a   Talmant, M ^a   Laugier, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Bone; Ray path; Reflection; Refraction; Ultrasound tomography; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REFLECTION; REFRACTION; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSMISSIONS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY;

CLASSICAL ACQUISITION; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; RAY PATHS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMISSION ULTRASOUNDS; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION TOMOGRAPHIES; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; ULTRASOUND TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORTICAL BONE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONG BONE; SOUND; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 12244303685     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460202400302     Document Type: Article

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