Assessment of bone density using ultrasonic backscatter.
Ultrasound Med Biol
; 24(5): 689-95, 1998 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-9695272
ABSTRACT
The goal of this project was to investigate the utility of ultrasonic backscatter for the assessment of bone status. Ultrasound offers a low-cost, portable, nonionizing alternative or complement to common X-ray- or radioisotope (gamma ray)-based methods of bone densitometry. Ultrasonic backscatter may provide useful information not revealed by ultrasonic attenuation and sound-speed densitometers. Backscatter is sensitive to microstructural variations in acoustic impedance and should therefore provide information regarding architecture (which is related to fracture risk), as well as density. Ultrasonic backscatter at 2.25 MHz and CT bone densitometric data have been acquired from 10 healthy human volunteers. The degree of correlation between CT and ultrasonic backscatter is high (r = 0.87, p < 0.001). The envelope signal-to-noise ratio was 1.81 +/- 0.08 (mean +/- standard deviation). This suggests that the number of scatterers per resolution cell is large, the radiofrequency signal approximately obeys circular Gaussian statistics, and the envelope obeys Rayleigh statistics. These results indicate promise for ultrasonic backscatter as a substitute for or an adjunct to other ultrasonic measurements (attenuation and sound speed) and X-ray measurements for the assessment of bone status.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Osso e Ossos
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Densidade Óssea
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ultrasound Med Biol
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos