Clinical microwave tomographic imaging of the calcaneus: A first-in-human case study of two subjects

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3304-3313

  Meaney, Paul M ^a   Goodwin, Douglas ^b   Golnabi, Amir H ^a   Zhou, Tian ^a   Pallone, Matthew ^a   Geimer, Shireen D ^a   Burke, Gregory ^c   Paulsen, Keith D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; bone density; dielectric properties; fracture risk; microwave imaging; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; DENSITY MEASURES; FRACTURE RISKS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LOWER LEG; MICROWAVE IMAGES; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MICROWAVE PROPERTY; OSTEOPOROSIS; REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; X-RAY DENSITY;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCANEUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROWAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870495964     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2209202     Document Type: Article

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