Understanding velocity of sound in trabecular bone via computer simulations

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-447

  Saadé, Raafat George ^a   Tsoukas, George ^b   Caminis, John ^c  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Global Clinical Development Medical Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Clinical; Disease management; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONICS;

BONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; SHEEP; SOFTWARE; SOUND; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33645958271     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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