Is quantitative ultrasound dependent on bone structure? A reflection

CF Njeh, T Fuerst, E Diessel, HK Genant - Osteoporosis International, 2001 - Springer
structural information will improve the estimation of bone strength and fracture risk. Quantitative
ultrasound … can be influenced by bone structure, in addition to bone mineral density (BMD…

Three quantitative ultrasound parameters reflect bone structure

CC Gluer, CY Wu, M Jergas, SA Goldstein… - Calcified tissue …, 1994 - Springer
… whether quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters are associated with bone structure. In
an in vitro study on 20 cubes of trabecular bone, we measured broadband ultrasound

The role of quantitative ultrasound in the assessment of bone: a review

Prins, Jørgensen, Jørgensen, Hassager - Clinical Physiology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… radiation making quantitative ultrasound (QUS), atechnique based on acoustic waves above
the audible frequency range, an attractive alternative. Furthermore, ultrasound technology …

Quantitative ultrasound methods to assess bone mineral status in children: technical characteristics, performance, and clinical application

GI Baroncelli - Pediatric research, 2008 - nature.com
… In the last years, quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods have been developed to assess …
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) is a relatively recent and noninvasive method of estimating bone

Quantitative ultrasound of bone: looking ahead

P Laugier - Joint Bone Spine, 2006 - Elsevier
Quantitative ultrasound is often described as less satisfactory than DEXA: precision is lower,
… , the exact nature of the bone properties measured by ultrasound is often unclear, only …

Do quantitative ultrasound measurements reflect structure independently of density in human vertebral cancellous bone?

PHF Nicholson, R Müller, G Lowet, XG Cheng… - Bone, 1998 - Elsevier
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) is increasingly being used for the assessment of cancellous
bone… on trabecular microstructure independently of bone density, although evidence directly …

Relationships of trabecular bone structure with quantitative ultrasound parameters: In vitro study on human proximal femur using transmission and backscatter …

F Padilla, F Jenson, V Bousson, F Peyrin, P Laugier - Bone, 2008 - Elsevier
The present study was designed to assess the relationships between QUS parameters and
bone density or microarchitecture on samples of human femoral trabecular bone. The …

Relationship between bone quantitative ultrasound and fractures: A meta‐analysis

F Marín, J González‐Macías… - Journal of bone and …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… We based our search on the following keywords: “bone and bones,” “bone density,” “quantitative
ultrasound,” and “fractures” combined with the different measurement sites in humans. …

Quantitative ultrasound: use in the detection of fractures and in the assessment of bone composition

CC Glüer, R Barkmann - Current osteoporosis reports, 2003 - Springer
bone disorders or when monitoring therapy. Quantitative ultrasound is sensitive to some
microstructural … Because the typical wavelength of QUS waves passing through trabecular bone

Prediction of trabecular bone qualitative properties using scanning quantitative ultrasound

YX Qin, W Lin, E Mittra, Y Xia, J Cheng, S Judex… - Acta astronautica, 2013 - Elsevier
… To improve the specificity and resolution of image based quantitativebone. The objective
of this study was to evaluate both bone structural and strength properties using ultrasound