3-D High-Frequency Ultrasound Improves the Estimation of Surface Properties in Degenerated Cartilage

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 834-844

  Schone M ^a   Mannicke N ^a   Gottwald, M ^b   Gobel F ^c   Raum, K ^a,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Holweide Hospital   (Germany)

^c Carl von Basedow Klinikum Merseburg   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Inclination; Osteoarthritis; Reflection; Roughness; Scattering; Surface; Ultrasonic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; ESTIMATION; REFLECTION; SCATTERING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; TISSUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONICS;

BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; DEGENERATIVE CHANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; INCLINATION; INTEGRATED REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND ROUGHNESS INDEX;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTEGRATED REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALGORITHMS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84875811416     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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