Using the Gradient of Human Cortical Bone Properties to Determine Age-Related Bone Changes Via Ultrasonic Guided Waves

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 972-981

  Baron, Cécile ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Elastic wave propagation; Porosity gradient; Stroh formalism; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE GEOMETRY; BONE MASS; BONE QUALITY; BONE STRENGTH; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS; FRACTURE RISKS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; HOMOGENIZATION PROCESS; HUMAN BONES; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; LONG BONE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATRICANT; MULTI-LAYERED; MULTI-MODAL; PEANO SERIES; POROSITY GRADIENTS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHODS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STROH FORMALISM; THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC WAVES; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; POROSITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE; ULTRASOUND;

AGING; ANISOTROPY; BONE DENSITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860455027     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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