Effects of Ultrasound Beam Angle and Surface Roughness on the Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters of Articular Cartilage

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1344-1351

  Kaleva, E ^a,b   Saarakkala, S ^a   Jurvelin, J S ^a,b   Viren T ^a   Toyras J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Fibrillation; Inclination; Osteoarthritis; Reflection; Roughness; Scattering; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLATION; INCLINATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; ROUGHNESS; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CARTILAGE; LIGAMENTS; REFLECTION; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AXIS; CADAVER; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67650272374     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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