Clinical experiences with ultrasonometric measurement of fracture healing

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 321-333

  Glinkowski, Wojciech ^a,b   Górecki, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cortical bone; Fracture healing; Monitoring; Quantitative ultrasound; Ultrasonometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALLUS; DEVICE; DIAPHYSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33750263731     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2006-144-514     Document Type: Article

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