Effects of non-optimal focusing on dual-frequency ultrasound measurements of bone

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1182-1188

  Malo, Markus K H ^a   Karjalainen, Janne P ^a   Riekkinen, Ossi ^a   Isaksson, Hanna ^a   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a   Töyräs, Juha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COMPENSATION; AVERAGE RELATIVE ERROR; DUAL-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FOCAL DEPTH; FOCUSED TRANSDUCER; INTEGRATED REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; LAYER COMPOSITION; OPTIMAL FOCUSING; OUT-OF-FOCUS; PULSE ECHOES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SOFT TISSUE; ULTRASOUND BEAMS; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; VARIABLE THICKNESS;

BONE; ERROR COMPENSATION; FOCUSING; MEASUREMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959572209     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1928     Document Type: Article

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