Effect of the cortex on ultrasonic backscatter measurements of cancellous bone

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6243-6255

  Hoffmeister, Brent K ^a   Holt, Andrew P ^a   Kaste, Sue C ^b  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; BACKSCATTERED POWER; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BONE TISSUE; CANCELLOUS BONE; FEMORAL HEADS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; OUTER SURFACE; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER; ULTRASONIC PARAMETERS;

BONE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

BACKSCATTERING;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE; BONE DENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 80053202193     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/19/006     Document Type: Article

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