Numerical simulation of the dependence of quantitative ultrasonic parameters on trabecular bone microarchitecture and elastic constants

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Haiat G ^a   Padilla, F ^a   Barkmann, R ^b   Gluer, C C ^b   Laugier, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone; Finite difference; Porous media; Quantitative ultrasound; Virtual osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BONE STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; VIRTUAL OSTEOPOROSIS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845699297     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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