In vivo Performance Evaluation of Bi-Directional Ultrasonic Axial Transmission for Cortical Bone Assessment

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 912-919

  Talmant, M ^a,b   Kolta, S ^c   Roux, Ch ^c   Haguenauer, D ^d   Vedel, I ^d   Cassou, B ^d   Bossy, E ^a,b   Laugier, P ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

^c Hopital Cochin ^*  (France)

^d Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

Elastic bulk waves; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound; Speed of sound

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AVERAGE VELOCITY; BI-DIRECTIONAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; COFACTORS; CORTICAL BONE; DISTAL RADIUS; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELASTIC BULK WAVES; FRACTURE GROUP; FRACTURE PREDICTION; FULL MODEL; IN-VIVO; ODDS RATIOS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PEAK VELOCITIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SMALL POPULATION; SOFT TISSUE; SPEED OF SOUND; SPEED OF SOUNDS; STUDY GROUPS; ULTRASONIC AXIAL TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND VELOCITY; VELOCITY-BASED;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BONE; MINING; POPULATION STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY;

FRACTURE;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION SIZE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFT TISSUE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPINE FRACTURE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349179472     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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