A new ultrasonic method for lumbar spine densitometry

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1809-1812

  Conversano, F ^a   Casciaro, E ^a   Franchini, R ^a   Soloperto, G ^a   Greco, A ^a   Casciaro, S ^a   Quarta, E ^b   Quarta, L ^b   Muratore, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Hospital Galateo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomedical image processing; Bone densitometry; Osteoporosis diagnosis; Radiofrequency signal processing; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894294836     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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