Effects of structural anisotropy of cancellous bone on speed of ultrasonic fast waves in the bovine femur

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1480-1487

  Mizuno, Katsunori ^a   Matsukawa, Mami ^a   Otani, Takahiko ^a   Takada, Masahiko ^b   Mano, Isao ^c   Tsujimoto, Toshiyuki ^d  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OYO Electronic Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d HORIBA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ROTATION; SEPARATION; SPEED; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BONE STRUCTURES; CANCELLOUS BONES; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGES; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; FAST WAVES; LONGITUDINAL WAVE (P WAVE); MEAN INTERCEPT LENGTH (MIL); ROTATION ANGLES; SLOW WAVES; STRONG CORRELATIONS; STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TRABECULAR ORIENTATION; ULTRASONIC EVALUATION; WAVE PHENOMENON; WAVE SPEEDS; X RAY MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICROCT);

BONE;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMUR; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMUR; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 47849112581     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.823     Document Type: Article

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