The effect of phase cancellation on estimates of calcaneal broadband ultrasound attenuation in vivo

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1352-1359

  Wear, Keith A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; BUA MEASUREMENTS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE RISKS; PHASE CANCELLATION;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547394764     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.395     Document Type: Article

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