Measurements of acoustic dispersion on calcaneus using spilt spectrum processing technique

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Chen, Pei Jarn ^a   Chen, Tainsong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Phase velocity; SSP; Ultrasound; Velocity dispersion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; ATTENUATION; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

CALCANEUS; PHASE VELOCITY; SSP; VELOCITY DISPERSION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT SPECTRUM PROCESSING; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 31144464017     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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