An in vitro study of the ultrasonic axial transmission technique at the radius: 1-MHz velocity measurements are sensitive to both mineralization and intracortical porosity

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1548-1556

  Bossy, Emmanuel ^a,d   Talmant, Maryline ^a   Peyrin, Françoise ^b,c   Akrout, Leïla ^a   Cloetens, Peter ^c   Laugier, Pascal ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Bone intracortical porosity; Bone mineralization; Bone ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERIOSTEUM; POROSITY; PREDICTION; RADIUS; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCHROTRON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 16644388626     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.040513     Document Type: Article

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