Novel ultrasonic bone densitometry based on two longitudinal waves: significant correlation with pQCT measurement values and age-related changes in trabecular bone density, cortical thickness, and elastic modulus of trabecular bone in a normal Japanese population

H. Sai,G. Iguchi,Takako Tobimatsu,K. Takahashi,Takahiko Otani,Kaoru Horii,Isao Mano,I Nagai,H. Iio,Takuo Fujita,Kousei Yoh,Hisamitsu Baba

Novel ultrasonic bone densitometry based on two longitudinal waves: significant correlation with pQCT measurement values and age-related changes in trabecular bone density, cortical thickness, and elastic modulus of trabecular bone in a normal Japanese population

2010

H. Sai
G. Iguchi
Takako Tobimatsu
K. Takahashi
Takahiko Otani
Kaoru Horii
Isao Mano
I Nagai
H. Iio
Takuo Fujita
Kousei Yoh
Hisamitsu Baba

Summary A reference database for trabecular bone density, cortical thickness, and elastic modulus of trabecular bone for a novel ultrasonic bone densitometry system (LD-100) based on two longitudinal waves (fast and slow) was determined over a wide age range in a normal Japanese population.

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Bone density
Biomedical engineering
Longitudinal wave
Ultrasonic sensor
Osteoporosis
Densitometry
Physical therapy
Elastic modulus
Population
Medicine
Anatomy
japanese population
trabecular bone
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