Noncontact ultrasound imaging applied to cortical bone phantoms

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3124-3133

  Bulman, J B ^a   Ganezer, K S ^b   Halcrow, P W ^b   Neeson, Ian ^c  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VN Instruments Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnostic skeletal assessment and imaging; noncontact ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; INTEGRATED RESPONSE; NONCONTACT ULTRASOUND; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMITTANCE IMAGES; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

BONE;

EID: 84863508956     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4709598     Document Type: Article

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