Characterization of the trabecular bone structure using frequency modulated ultrasound pulse

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 4071-4077

  Lin, Wei ^a   Xia, Yi ^a   Qin, Yi Xian ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE VOLUME FRACTION; BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; FEMORAL CONDYLES; FREQUENCY MODULATED; LOWER CORRELATION; MICRO CT; ORTHOGONAL ORIENTATIONS; TRABECULAR BONE STRUCTURES; TRABECULAR BONES; TRABECULAR STRUCTURE; TRABECULAR THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND PULSE; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MAMMALS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE STRUCTURE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FEMUR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SHEEP; ULTRASONICS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649120079     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3126993     Document Type: Article

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