An in vitro study of ultrasound signal loss across simple fractures in cortical bone mimics and bovine cortical bone samples

Bone

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 656-661

  Dodd, S P ^a   Cunningham, J L ^a   Miles, A W ^a   Gheduzzi, S ^a   Humphrey, V F ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Axial transmission; Fracture healing measurement; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; COW; DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CATTLE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33846562911     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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