Usefulness of quantitative ultrasound in evaluating structural and mechanical properties of bone: Comparison of ultrasound, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, micro-computed tomography, and mechanical testing of human phalanges in vitro

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-510

  Wuster C ^a   De Terlizzi, F ^b   Becker, S ^a   Cadossi, M ^b   Cadossi, R ^b   Muller R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b IGEA Biophysics Laboratory   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INDEX FINGER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METAPHYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33644591000     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2005-13605     Document Type: Article

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