Ultrasound scattering in cancellous bone
Osteoporosis is a systematic skeletal disease characterised by a reduction of bone mineral density (BMD) and a disruption of bone micro-architecture, leading to enhanced bone fragility and a consequent increase in the risk of fracture, particularly of the spine, wrist and hip; the fracture occurs at...
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Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18982 |