On the relative contributions of absorption and scattering to ultrasound attenuation in trabecular bone: A simulation study

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1519-1523

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

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CyberLogic Inc   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ATTENTUATION (FDA); TRABECULAR BONES; ULTRASOUND ATTENTUATION;

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DRILLS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BONE;

EID: 4143069533     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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