Comparison of three ultrasonic axial transmission methods for bone assessment

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 633-642

  Muller, M ^a   Moilanen, P ^b   Bossy, E ^a   Nicholson, P ^b   Kilappa, V ^b   Timonen, J ^b   Talmant, M ^a   Cheng, S ^b   Laugier, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone properties; Cortical bone; In vitro; Ultrasound axial transmission

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES;

BONE ASSESSMENT; BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); HIGH-FREQUENCY DEVICES; ULTRASONIC AXIAL TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VELOCITY;

EID: 18144375915     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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