Semi-empirical bone model for determination of trabecular structure properties from backscattered ultrasound

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 505-513

  Litniewski, Jerzy ^a,b   Nowicki, Andrzej ^a,b   Lewin, Peter A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter coefficient; Bone characterization with ultrasound; Cancellous bone; Osteoporosis; Prediction of frequency dependent ultrasound backscatter in bones; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENT; CANCELLOUS BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION OF FREQUENCY DEPENDENT ULTRASOUND BACKSCATTER IN BONES; TRABECULAR BONE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODELS; SCATTERING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67049098721     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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