Bone quality is determined by a variety of compositional, micro-and ultrastructural properties
of the mineralized tissue matrix. In contrast to X-ray-based methods, the interaction of …

The use of guided wave ultrasonography as a means to assess cortical bone quality has
been a significant practice in bone quantitative ultrasound for more than 20 years. In this …

Current clinical ultrasound scanners cannot be used to image the interior morphology of
bones because these scanners fail to address the complicated physics involved for exact …

This paper is devoted to a method of extraction of guided waves phase velocities from
experimental signals. Measurements are performed using an axial transmission device …

Recent bone quantitative ultrasound approaches exploit the multimode waveguide
response of long bones for assessing properties such as cortical thickness and stiffness …

Recent ultrasound (US) axial transmission techniques exploit the multimode waveguide
response of long bones to yield estimates of cortical bone structure characteristics. This pilot …

Several studies showed the ability of the cortex of long bones such as the radius and tibia to
guide mechanical waves. Such experimental evidence has given rise to the emergence of a …

Quantitative ultrasound has great potential for assessing human bone quality. Considered
as an elastic waveguide, long bone supports propagation of several guided modes, most of …

The aim of this study was to estimate cortical porosity (Ct. Po) and cortical thickness (Ct. Th)
using 500-kHz bi-directional axial transmission (AT). Ct. Th AT and Ct. Po AT were obtained …

Cortical bone loss is not fully assessed by the current X-ray methods, and there is an unmet
need in identifying women at risk of osteoporotic fracture, who should receive a treatment …