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ArticleUltrasound in medicine & biology2008

Ultrasonic assessment of the radius in vitro.

Vincent Le Floch, Gangming Luo, Jonathan J Kaufman, Robert S Siffert

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Article in Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Vincent Le FlochEcole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France.
Gangming Luo
Jonathan J Kaufman
Robert S Siffert
CyberLogic (United States) · USÉcole nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers · FRIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USNew York University · US

Funding

A NEW SYSTEM FOR ULTRASONIC ASSESSMENT OF THE CALCANEUSR44AR064113 · NIAMS · CYBERLOGIC, INC. · PI KAUFMAN, JONATHAN · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
Ultrasonic Assessment of the ForearmR44AR054307 · NIAMS · CYBERLOGIC, INC. · PI KAUFMAN, JONATHAN · 2007 to 2008
$976k
NIAMS NIH HHS R44 AR054307NIAMS NIH HHS R44AR054307NIAMS NIH HHS R44 AR064113
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The overall objective of this research is to develop an ultrasonic system for noninvasive assessment of the distal radius. The specific objective of this study was to examine the relationship between geometrical features of cortical bone and ultrasound measurements in vitro. Nineteen radii were measured in through transmission in a water bath. A 3.5 MHz rectangular (1 cm x 4.8 cm) single element transducer served as the source and a 3.5 MHz rectangular (1 cm x 4.8 cm) linear array transducer served as the receiver. The linear array consisted of 64 elements with a pitch of 0.75 mm. Ultrasound measurements were carried out at a location that was 1/3rdrd of the length from the distal end of each radius and two net time delay parameters, tau(NetDW) and tau(NetCW), associated with a direct wave (DW) and a circumferential wave (CW), respectively, were evaluated. The cortical thickness (CT), medullar thickness (MT) and cross-sectional area (CSA) of each radius was also evaluated based on a digital image of the cross-section at the 1/3rd location. The linear correlations between CT and tau(NetDW) was r = 0.91 (p < 0.001) and between MT and tau(NetCW) - tau(NetDW) was r = 0.63 (p < 0.05). The linear correlation between CSA and a nonlinear combination of the two net time delays, tau(NetDW) and tau(NetCW), was r = 0.95 (p < 0.001). The study shows that ultrasound measurements can be used to noninvasively assess cortical bone geometrical features in vitro as represented by cortical thickness, medullar thickness and cross-sectional area.

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HumansIn Vitro TechniquesOsteoporosisRadiusUltrasonography

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PMID18692295
PMCPMC2607572
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