Ability of ultrasound backscattering to predict mechanical properties of bovine trabecular bone

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 919-927

  Hakulinen, Mikko A ^a,b   Töyräs, Juha ^b   Saarakkala, Simo ^a   Hirvonen, Jani ^b   Kröger, Heikki ^a   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Bone mineral density; Mechanical properties; Osteoporosis; Reflection; Trabecular bone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BONE FRACTURES; BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); INTEGRATED REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS (IRC);

BONE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUND; TRABECULAR BONE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; VOLUMETRY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CATTLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4143091673     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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