In Vivo Measurements of Ultrasound Transmission Through the Human Proximal Femur

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1186-1190

  Barkmann, Reinhard ^a   Laugier, Pascal ^b   Moser, Urs ^c   Dencks, Stefanie ^a   Klausner, Michael ^d   Padilla, Frédéric ^b   Haiat, Guillaume ^e   Heller, Martin ^a   Gluer Claus C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Femur; Fracture risk; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BONE; ESTIMATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GARNETS; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION (BUA); CLINICAL PERFORMANCE; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; FRACTURE RISKS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; HUMAN FEMORA; IN VIVO IMAGING; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENTS; OSTEOPOROTIC; PERIPHERAL (SPI); PROXIMAL FEMUR; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS); SOUND ATTENUATIONS; ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE DENSITY; BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; CALCANEUS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEED OF SOUND MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND;

BONE DENSITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 46149113299     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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