Characterization of dense bovine cancellous bone tissue microstructure by ultrasonic backscattering using weak scattering models

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1180-1190

  Deligianni, D D ^a   Apostolopoulos, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

DENSELY POPULATED MEDIUM; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT BACKSCATTER;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CATS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34547627835     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2749461     Document Type: Article

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