Wavelet-Based Signal Processing of In Vitro Ultrasonic Measurements at the Proximal Femur

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 970-980

  Dencks, Stefanie ^a   Barkmann, Reinhard ^a   Padilla, Frédéric ^b   Haïat, Guillaume ^c   Laugier, Pascal ^b   Glüer, Claus C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Proximal human femur; Quantitative ultrasound; Speed of sound; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); DUAL X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA); PROXIMAL HUMAN FEMUR; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; HIP; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34249338369     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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