2D arrays device for calcaneus bone transmission: An alternative technological solution using crossed beam forming

Ultrasonics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-9, 2004, Pages 745-752

  Defontaine, M ^a   Bonneau, S ^a   Padilla, F ^b   Gomez, M A ^a   Nasser Eddin, M ^a   Laugier, P ^b   Patat, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

2D arrays; Bone; Crossed beam former; Ultrasonic transmission

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BONE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

CROSSED BEAM FORMER; TWO DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; OSTEOPOROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

ALGORITHMS; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 1642632709     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.11.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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