Bayesian estimation of the underlying bone properties from mixed fast and slow mode ultrasonic signals

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Marutyan, Karen R ^a   Bretthorst, G Larry ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; BONE PROPERTIES; NEGATIVE DISPERSION; SLOW WAVE MODES;

ULTRASONIC DISPERSION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BONE; CALCULATION; DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

BAYES THEOREM; BONE AND BONES; BONE CONDUCTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIO WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33846229321     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2401198     Document Type: Article

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