Prediction of density and mechanical properties of human trabecular bone in vitro by using ultrasound transmission and backscattering measurements at 0.2-6.7 MHz frequency range

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1629-1642

  Hakulinen, Mikko A ^a   Day, Judd S ^b   Töyräs, Juha ^c   Timonen, Matti ^a   Kröger, Heikki ^a,c   Weinans, Harrie ^b   Kiviranta, Ilkka ^d   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CORRELATION METHODS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ORTHOPEDICS; ULTRASONICS;

OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS) ANALYSIS; SOUND ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND BACKSCATTERING;

BONE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CADAVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HARDNESS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 22844451513     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/8/001     Document Type: Article

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