The effect of phase cancellation on estimates of broadband ultrasound attenuation and backscatter coefficient in human calcaneus in vitro

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-389

  Wear, Keith A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION (BUA); OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE RISK; PHASE CANCELLATION; PHASE-INSENSITIVE (PI) RECEIVERS;

ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 40549099418     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.656     Document Type: Article

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