Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 254-262 , February 2007

Assessment of the cortical bone thickness using ultrasonic guided waves: Modelling and in vitro study

  • Petro Moilanen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Petro Moilanen, Department of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 35 (LL), 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
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  • Patrick H.F. Nicholson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Vantte Kilappa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Sulin Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Jussi Timonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Received 28 October 2005 ,Revised 19 July 2006 ,Accepted 27 July 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01780-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.038

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 254-262 , February 2007

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