Computational evaluation of the compositional factors in fracture healing affecting ultrasound axial transmission measurements

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1314-1326

  Machado, Christiano Bittencourt ^a,b   de Albuquerque Pereira, Wagner Coelho ^b   Talmant, Maryline ^a   Padilla, Frédéric ^a   Laugier, Pascal ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Fracture callus; Numerical simulation; Quantitative ultrasound (QUS); Tissue differentiation; Ultrasound axial transmission

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AXIAL TRANSMISSION; BONE HEALING; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EVALUATION; ENERGY ATTENUATION; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

FRACTURE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 77955351107     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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