Simulation of ultrasound interaction with bone structure based on 3D high-resolution-magnetic-resonance- and micro-CT-images

Author

Barkman, R. ; Timm, Wolfram ; Sakata, Satoh ; Heller, Martin ; Glüer, Claus-C

Author_Institution

Klinik fur Diagnostische Radiol., Univ. Kiel, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2666

Abstract

Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) methods are useful in the assessment of bone status. Nevertherless, a detailed understanding of ultrasound propagation through bone is important for the accurate interpretation of QUS results. A new PC-based software for the simulation of ultrasound propagation (Wave 2000, Cyberlogic, NY) might be helpful to understand the interaction of ultrasound with bone. We evaluated the validity of this software by comparing measured and calculated results obtained on human finger phalanges. The transverse transmission of a sound wave through a phalanx was depicted

Keywords

bioacoustics; biomedical MRI; biomedical ultrasonics; bone; computerised tomography; medical signal processing; orthopaedics; ultrasonic propagation; ultrasonic transmission; 3D high-resolution-magnetic-resonance-images; PC-based software; Wave 2000; bone structure; human finger phalanges; micro-CT-images; phalanx; quantitative ultrasound methods; simulation; sound wave transverse transmission; ultrasound interaction; ultrasound propagation; Acoustic beams; Bones; Computational modeling; Humans; Image resolution; In vitro; In vivo; Software measurement; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901407

Filename

901407