Frequency dependence of backscatter from thin, oblique, finite-length cylinders measured with a focused transducer-with applications in cancellous bone

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3309-3314

  Wear, Keith A ^a   Harris, Gerald R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BEAM CENTERS; BROADBAND PULSES; CANCELLOUS BONES; CYLINDER AXIS; DIRECTIVITY PATTERNS; ECHO MEASUREMENTS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCES; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; LINE INTEGRALS; MEMBRANE HYDROPHONES; POWER LAWS; SCATTERING PROPERTIES; ULTRASOUND BEAMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BACKSCATTERING; BONE; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; POLYAMIDES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYON; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WIRE;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

NYLON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSCILLATION; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NYLONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 56749101842     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2980524     Document Type: Article

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