A novel composite material specifically developed for ultrasound bone phantoms: Cortical, trabecular and skull

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Wydra, A ^a   Maev, R Gr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES; COMPARISON STUDY; HUMAN BODIES; MEDICAL SCHOOLS; NEW APPLICATIONS; PHYSICAL FACTORS; ULTRASOUND BONE; ULTRASOUND PHANTOM;

BONE;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; SKULL; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SKULL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84896533373     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/22/N303     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Ammi A Y, Mast T D, Huang I H, Abruzzo T A, Coussios C C, Shaw G and Holland C 2008 Characterization of ultrasound propagation through ex vivo human temporal bone Ultrasound Med. Biol. 34 1578-89
2. Aubry J F, Tanter M, Pernot M, Thomas J L and Fink M 2003 Experimental demonstration of noninvasive transskull adaptive focusing based on prior computed tomography scans J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113 84-93 (Pubitemid 36105663)
3. Aula A S, Töyräs J, Hakulinen M A and Jurvelin J S 2009 Effect of bone marrow on acoustic properties of trabecular bone - 3D finite difference modeling study Ultrasound Med. Biol. 35 308-18
4. Baykov S V, Babin L V, Molotilov A M, NeÏman S I, Riman V V, Svet V D and Selyanin A I 2003 Physical and technical aspects of ultrasonic brain imaging through thick skull bones: 2. Experimental studies Acoust. Phys. 49 389-95 (Engl. transl. from Akust. Zh.49 465-73) (Pubitemid 37052796)
5. Connor C W, Clement G T and Hynynen K 2002 A unified model for the speed of sound in cranial bone on genetic algorithm optimization Phys. Med. Biol. 47 3925-44 (Pubitemid 35390281)
6. Fry F J and Barger J E 1978 Acoustical properties of the human skull J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 63 1576-90 (Pubitemid 8346211)
7. Hakulinen M A, Day J S, Töyräs J, Weinans H and Jurvelin J S 2006 Ultrasonic characterization of human trabecular bone microstructure Phys. Med. Biol. 51 1633-48 (Pubitemid 43332360)
8. Han S, Rho J, Medige J and Ziv I 1996 Ultrasound velocity and broadband attenuation over a wide range of bone mineral density Osteoporos. Int. 6 291-6 (Pubitemid 26280822)
9. Hodgskinson R, Njeh C F, Whitehead M A and Langton C M 1996 The nonlinear relationship between BUA and porosity in cancellous bone Phys. Med. Biol. 41 2411-20 (Pubitemid 26376912)
10. Lakes R, Yoon H and Katz J L 1986 Ultrasonic wave propagation and attenuation in wet bone J. Biomed. Eng. 8 143-8 (Pubitemid 16142937)
11. Lang S B 1970 Ultrasonic method for measuring elastic coefficients of bone and results on fresh and dried bovine bones IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. BME-17 101-5
12. Laugier P and Haïat G 2011 Bone quantitative ultrasound (Netherlands: Springer) pp 331-60
13. Lee K I 2011 Correlations of group velocity phase velocity and dispersion with bone density in bovine trabecular bone J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 130 EL399-404
14. Moilanen P, Kilappa V, Nicholson P H F, Timonen J and Cheng S 2004 Thickness sensitivity of ultrasound velocity in long bone phantoms Ultrasound Med. Biol. 30 1517-21 (Pubitemid 39601113)
15. Nicholson P H F, Strelitzki R, Cleveland R O and Bouxsein M L 2000 Scattering of ultrasound in cancellous bone: predictions from a theoretical model J. Biomech. 33 503-6 (Pubitemid 30089715)
16. Njeh C F, Hodgskinson R, Currey J D and Langtont C M 1996 Orthogonal relationships between ultrasonic velocity and material properties of bovine cancellous bone Med. Eng. Phys. 18 373-81 (Pubitemid 26201934)
17. Numbenjapon N, Costin G and Pitukcheewanont P 2007 Low cortical bone density measured by computed tomography in children and adolescents with untreated hyperthyroidism J. Pediatr. 150 527-30 (Pubitemid 46628813)
18. O'Rahilly R, Müller F, Carpenter S and Rand R 2004 Basic human anatomy: a regional study of human structure (New Hampshire: Dartmouth Medical School)
19. Pichardo S, Sin V W and Hynynen K 2011 Multi-frequency characterization of the speed of sound and attenuation coefficient for longitudinal transmission of freshly excised human skulls Phys. Med. Biol. 56 219-50
20. Pinton G, Aubry J F, Bossy E, Muller M, Pernot M and Tanter M 2012 Attenuation, scattering, and absorption of ultrasound in the skull bone Med. Phys. 39 299-307
21. Rogers P H and Van Buren A L 1974 An exact expression for the lommel diffraction correction integral J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 55 724-8
22. Sadler J, Shapoori K, Malyarenko E, Di Carlo A, Dech J, Severin F and Maev R Gr 2011 Resolving the location of acoustic point sources scattered due to the presence of a skull phantom Acoust. Imaging 30 271-8
23. Sartorius YDK 01, YDK 01-0D, YDK 01LP 2001 Density Determination Kit User's Manual, Sartorius AG, Goettingen, Germany
24. Sasso M, Haïat G, Yamato Y, Naili S and Matsukawa M 2008 Dependence of ultrasonic attenuation on bone mass and microstructure in bovine cortical bone J. Biomech. 41 347-55
25. Shapoori K, Sadler J, Malyarenko E, Severin F, Boni E, Ramalli A, Tortoli P and Maev R Gr 2010 Adaptive beamforming for ultrasonic phased array focusing through layered structures Proc. IEEE, Ultrasonics Symp. (IUS) pp 1821-4
26. Strelitzki R, Evans J A and Clarke A J 1997 The influence of porosity and pore size on the ultrasonic properties of bone investigated using a phantom material Osteoporos. Int. 7 370-5 (Pubitemid 27346420)
27. Torquato S, Truskett T M and Debenedetti P G 2000 Is random close packing of spheres well defined Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 2064-7
28. Töyräs J, Nieminen M T, Kröger H and Jurvelin J S 2002 Bone mineral density, ultrasound velocity, and broadband attenuation predict mechanical properties of trabecular bone differently Bone 31 503-7 (Pubitemid 35175455)
29. Wang S F, Chang C Y, Shih C and Teng M M H 1997 Evaluation of tibial cortical bone by ultrasound velocity in oriental females Br. J. Radiol. 70 1126-30 (Pubitemid 27504367)
30. Wear K A 2001 Ultrasonic attenuation in human calcaneus from 0.2 to 1.7 MHz IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control 48 602-8 (Pubitemid 32407059)
31. Wu J 1996 Determination of velocity and ttenuation of shear waves using ultrasonic spectroscopy J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99 2871-5 (Pubitemid 26137267)
32. Wu J and Cubberley F 1997 Measurement of velocity and attenuation of shear waves in bovine compact bone using ultrasonic spectroscopy Ultrasound Med. Biol. 23 129-34 (Pubitemid 27102748)
33. Wydra A, Malyarenko E, Shapoori K and Maev R Gr 2013 Development of a practical ultrasonic approach for simultaneous measurement of the thickness and the sound speed in human skull bones: a laboratory phantom study Phys. Med. Biol. 58 1083-102