The measurement of broadband ultrasonic attenuation in cancellous bone - A review of the science and technology

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1546-1554

  Langton, Christian M ^a   Njeh, Christopher F ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Tyler Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCELLOUS BONES; COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; OSTEOPOROSIS (OP); ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION;

BONE; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BONE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCIENCE; YOUNG MODULUS;

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

EID: 47849101840     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.831     Document Type: Article

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