Quantitative Ultrasond in the assessment of Osteoporosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-431

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a,b   de Terlizzi, Francesca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Scientific Institute   (Italy)

^c IGEA Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amplitude dependent speed of sound (AD SoS); Bone quality; Broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA); Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound (QUS); Quantitative ultrasound index (QUI); Speed of sound (SoS); Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE DEPENDENT SPEED OF SOUND (AD-SOS); BONE QUALITY; BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION (BUA); OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS); QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND INDEX (QUI); SPEED OF SOUND (SOS);

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BONE; IONIZING RADIATION; METABOLISM; PEDIATRICS; SPEED; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; BONE METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION STUDY;

BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 69849109989     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.04.060     Document Type: Article

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