Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 589-594 , April 2010

Quantitative Ultrasound of the Calcaneus in Hemodialysis Patients

  • Chiung-Wen Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiological Technology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Shang-Yun Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Tung-Hao Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Tieh-Chi Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tieh-Chi Chu, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, 101, Section 2 Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, China, Taiwan.

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 24 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.12.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 589-594 , April 2010

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