Variation of ultrasonic parameters with microstructure and material properties of trabecular bone: A 3D model simulation

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 665-674

  Haïat, Guillaume ^a,f   Padilla, Frédéric ^b,c   Peyrin, Françoise ^d,e   Laugier, Pascal ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f Paris university   (France)

Author keywords

Finite difference; Microarchitecture; Quantitative ultrasound; Stiffness; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOUND; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34447529339     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.070209     Document Type: Article

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