Low-frequency axial ultrasound velocity correlates with bone mineral density and cortical thickness in the radius and tibia in pre- and postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1103-1113

  Kilappa, V ^a   Moilanen, P ^a   Xu, L ^a   Nicholson, P H F ^a   Timonen, J ^a   Cheng, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Axial transmission; Bone mineral density; Cortical bone; Cortical thickness; First arriving signal; Guided waves; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND INTENSITY; THICKNESS; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953307662     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1273-7     Document Type: Article

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