Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1344-1351 , August 2009

Effects of Ultrasound Beam Angle and Surface Roughness on the Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters of Articular Cartilage

  • E. Kaleva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Erna Kaleva, M.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, POB 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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  • S. Saarakkala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • J.S. Jurvelin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • T. Virén

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • J. Töyräs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Received 24 April 2008 ,Revised 18 February 2009 ,Accepted 9 March 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00109-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.009

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1344-1351 , August 2009

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