Development of a practical ultrasonic approach for simultaneous measurement of the thickness and the sound speed in human skull bones: A laboratory phantom study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1083-1102

  Wydra, A ^a   Malyarenko, E ^b   Shapoori, K ^c   Maev, R Gr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Tessonics Corp   (United States)

^c Tessonics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; DEFORMED SAMPLES; HUMAN SKULL; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; LINEAR PHASED ARRAYS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; PHANTOM STUDIES; PRACTICAL REALIZATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-POINT MEASUREMENT; SKULL BONE; SOUND SPEED; TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASONIC METHODS; VARIABLE FOCUS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

BONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL; SOUND; TIME; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873688168     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/4/1083     Document Type: Article

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