The dependence of time-domain speed-of-sound measurements on center frequency, bandwidth, and transit-time marker in human calcaneus in vitro

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 636-644

  Wear, Keith A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BANDWIDTH; BIOMARKERS; BONE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE RISKS; PULSE CENTERS; SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TRANSIT TIME MARKERS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547459179     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2735811     Document Type: Article

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