In-Vitro Comparison of Time-Domain, Frequency-Domain and Wavelet Ultrasound Parameters in Diagnostics of Cartilage Degeneration

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-159

  Kaleva, E ^a   Saarakkala, S ^b   Toyras J ^b   Nieminen, H J ^a   Jurvelin, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Osteoarthrosis; Ultrasound; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE QUALITY INDEX (CQI); OSTEOARTHROTIC (OA) CHANGES; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING (QUI);

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 37049011404     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.06.028     Document Type: Article

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