The analysis of human cortical bone by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3211-3219

  Stringer, M R ^a   Lund, D N ^a   Foulds, A P ^a   Uddin, A ^a   Berry, E ^a   Miles, R E ^a   Davies, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; CORTICAL BONES; SAMPLE DENSITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

BONE DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMUR; HUMANS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22244486363     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/14/001     Document Type: Article

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