Modelling the effects of different fracture geometries and healing stages on ultrasound signal loss across a long bone fracture

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 371-375

  Dodd, S P ^a   Miles, A W ^a   Gheduzzi, S ^a   Humphrey, V F ^b   Cunningham, J L ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Axial transmission; Cortical bone; Fracture healing

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; AXIAL TRANSMISSION; CORTICAL BONE; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALING PROCESS; LONG BONE; NET LOSS; PLATE MODEL; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL;

BONE; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

GEOMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; CATTLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 38449084176     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840701502387     Document Type: Article

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