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Ultrasonic techniques for diagnosing osteoporosis

 

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Selected publications:

Journal papers

Hughes E R, Leighton T G, Petley G W, White P R. Ultrasonic propagation in cancellous bone: A new stratified model. Ultrasound in

Medicine and Biology, 1999, 25, 811-821

Hughes E R. On the temperature dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in human calcaneus. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2000, 26, 1369-1371

Petley G W, Taylor P A, Murrills A J, Dennison E, Pearson G, Cooper C. An investigation of the diagnostic value of bilateral femoral neck bone mineral density measurements. Osteoporosis International 2000, 11, 675-679

Hughes E R, Leighton T G, Petley G W, White P R. Ultrasonic Assessment of Bone Health. Acoustics Bulletin 2001, 26, 17-23

Hughes E R, Leighton T G, Petley G W, White P R. Estimation of Critical and Viscous Frequencies for Biot Theory in Cancellous Bone. Ultrasonics, 2003, 41, 365-368

 

Conference abstracts

Hughes E R, White P R, Leighton T G, Petley G W. Recent advances in the understanding of ultrasonic propagation in cancellous bone. Osteoporosis International: Proceedings of the 6th Bath Conference on Osteoporosis 2000, 11 (S1) S33-S34

Hughes E R, Petley G W, Leighton T G, White P R. A Stratified Model for Ultrasonic Waves in Bone. Osteoporosis International: Proceedings of 14th Int Bone Densitometry Workshop, Warnemunde, Germany, 2000, 11 (S3) S34

Hughes E R, Petley G W, Leighton T G, White P R. A Stratified Model for Ultrasonic Propagation in Bone. Proceedings of the 6th Annual National Conference of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, 2000 Chap.77, 2

Petley G W, Hughes E R, Leighton T G, White P RA Stratified Model of Ultrasonic Propagation in Bone: Implications for the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis. Proceedings of the 6th Annual National Conference of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, 2000 Chap.77, 7

Patents

Hubbuck E R, Leighton T G, White P R, Petley G W. Orbital Porosity Ultrasound Scanner, UK Patent 9915930.31999

Technical Reports

Hughes E R, Leighton T G, Petley G W, White P R. A Review of Scattering Models for Ultrasonic Propagation in Trabecular Bone. ISVR Technical Report 2001 No. 293

 

 

This page was last updated by TG Leighton, 6 August 2004