Non-contact evaluation for articular cartilage using ultrasound

JSME International Journal, Series A: Solid Mechanics and Material Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-249

  Mori, Koji ^a   Nakagawa, Yasuaki ^b   Kuroki, Hiroshi ^b   Nakashima, Keisuke ^a   Ikeuchi, Ken ^c   Mine, Takatomo ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^b   Kawai, Shinya ^a   Saito, Takashi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Non contact evaluation; Surface; Ultrasound; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ATTENUATION; COLLAGEN; DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN FIBER; NON-CONTACT EVALUATION;

CARTILAGE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ATTENUATION; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EID: 33750325267     PISSN: 13447912     EISSN: 13475363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmea.49.242     Document Type: Article

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