Measurement of spectral maximum shift of ultrasonic backscatter signals in cancellous bone

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 2703-2706

  Ta, De An ^a   Zhou, Guo Hui ^a   Wang, Wei Qi ^a   Yu, Jian Guo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BONE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

CANCELLOUS BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPECTRAL MAXIMUM SHIFT (SMS); ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER SIGNALS;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 33846930919     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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