In vitro ultrasonic characterization of human cancellous femoral bone using transmission and backscatter measurements: Relationships to bone mineral density

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 654-663

  Jenson, F ^a   Padilla, F ^a   Bousson, V ^b   Bergot, C ^b   Laredo, J D ^b   Laugier, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Paris university   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ATTENUATION; BONE; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS); REGION OF INTERESTS (ROI); ULTRASONIC CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE TISSUE; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 30844447444     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2126936     Document Type: Article

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