Ultrasound Backscatter Imaging Provides Frequency-Dependent Information on Structure, Composition and Mechanical Properties of Human Trabecular Bone

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1376-1384

  Karjalainen, Janne P ^a   Töyräs, Juha ^a,b   Riekkinen, Ossi ^a   Hakulinen, Mikko ^b   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Imaging; Osteoporosis; Trabecular bone; Ultrasound backscatter

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTICS; IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND BACKSCATTER;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MATRIX; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 67650239157     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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