A Portable Real-Time Ultrasonic Bone Densitometer

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1445-1452

  Kaufman, Jonathan J ^a,b   Luo, Gangming ^b,c,d   Siffert, Robert S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CyberLogic Inc   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Calcaneus; DXA; Net time delay; Osteoporosis; Velocity

Indexed keywords

DENSITOMETERS; DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; REAL TIME CONTROL; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TIME DELAY; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; NET TIME DELAY; OSTEOPOROSIS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASONIC BONE DENSITOMETER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOFT TISSUE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34548127689     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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