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Abstract
Backscatter and attenuation coefficients were measured from 24 human calcanei in vitro. The logarithm of the backscatter coefficient at 500 kHz showed moderate correlations with bone mineral density (r=0.81, 95% confidence interval: 0.59-0.91) and attenuation (r=0.79, 95% CI: 0.56-0.91). These results suggest that backscatter measurements may be useful in the diagnosis of osteoporosis.Entities:
Year: 2000 PMID: 18238608 PMCID: PMC9135476 DOI: 10.1109/58.852057
Source DB: PubMed Journal: IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control ISSN: 0885-3010 Impact factor: 3.267