Influence of density, elasticity, and structure on ultrasound transmission through trabecular bone cylinders

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1465-1472

  Cavani, Francesco ^a   Giavaresi, Gianluca ^c   Fini, Milena ^c   Bertoni, Laura ^a   De Terlizzi, Francesca ^b   Barkmann, Reinhard ^d   Canè, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b IGEA Biophysics Laboratory   (Italy)

^c Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GARNETS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ISOMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SEPARATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TERBIUM ALLOYS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

BONE DENSITY (BD); BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); BONE SURFACES; BONE VOLUME; COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION; COMPRESSION TESTS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DEXA); IN VITRO STUDIES; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO CT); PARTIAL CORRELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS); TRABECULAR BONES; VOLUME RATIOS; WAVE AMPLITUDES; YOUNG'S MODULUS (IGC: E14/K14);

BONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HORSES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 47849128125     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.821     Document Type: Article

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