Numerical and experimental study on the wave attenuation in bone - FDTD simulation of ultrasound propagation in cancellous bone

Ultrasonics

Volumn 48, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 607-612

  Nagatani, Yoshiki ^a   Mizuno, Katsunori ^b   Saeki, Takashi ^b   Matsukawa, Mami ^b   Sakaguchi, Takefumi ^a   Hosoi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone; Fast wave; Three dimensional elastic FDTD method; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAMMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

BONE STRUCTURES; CANCELLOUS BONE; CANCELLOUS BONES; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIES; DIAGNOSIS METHODS; EFFECTIVE TOOLS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FAST WAVE; FAST WAVES; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GENERATION MECHANISMS; GENERATION PROCESSES; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PROPAGATION BEHAVIORS; PROPAGATION PATHS; SIMULATION MODELS; SLOW WAVES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELASTIC FDTD METHOD; ULTRASOUND PROPAGATIONS; WAVE ATTENUATIONS; X-RAY CT;

BONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 55249119117     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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