Ultrasound and the biomechanical competence of bone

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1539-1545

  Nicholson, Patrick H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC CONSTANTS; BONE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; CORTICAL BONES; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; SOME APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

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

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

EID: 47849104505     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.830     Document Type: Article

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