The clinical use of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) in the detection and management of osteoporosis

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1529-1538

  Hans, Didier ^a   Krieg, Marc Antoine ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GARNETS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL USES; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DEXA); EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; FRACTURE RISKS; OSTEOPOROSIS (OP); QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS); RISK FACTORS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6);

QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 47849095623     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.829     Document Type: Article

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