Bone Quantitative Ultrasound

1. Bone Overview
David Mitton, Christian Roux, Pascal Laugier

2. Introduction to the Physics of Ultrasound
Pascal Laugier, Guillaume Haïat

3. Quantitative Ultrasound Instrumentation for Bone In Vivo Characterization
Pascal Laugier

4. Clinical Applications
Reinhard Barkmann, Claus-C. Glüer

5. Poromechanical Models
Michal Pakula, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Frederic Padilla

6. Scattering by Trabecular Bone
Frédéric Padilla, Keith Wear

7. Guided Waves in Cortical Bone
Maryline Talmant, Josquin Foiret, Jean-Gabriel Minonzio

8. Numerical Methods for Ultrasonic Bone Characterization
Emmanuel Bossy, Quentin Grimal

9. Homogenization Theories and Inverse Problems
Robert P. Gilbert, Ana Vasilic, Sandra Ilic

10. Linear Acoustics of Trabecular Bone
Janne P. Karjalainen, Ossi Riekkinen, Juha Töyräs, Jukka S. Jurvelin

11. The Fast and Slow Wave Propagation in Cancellous Bone: Experiments and Simulations
Atsushi Hosokawa, Yoshiki Nagatani, Mami Matsukawa

12. Phase Velocity of Cancellous Bone: Negative Dispersion Arising from Fast and Slow Waves, Interference, Diffraction, and Phase Cancellation at Piezoelectric Receiving Elements
Christian C. Anderson, Adam Q. Bauer, Karen R. Marutyan, Mark R. Holland, Michal Pakula, G. Larry Bretthorst, Pascal Laugier, James G. Miller

13. Linear Ultrasonic Properties of Cortical Bone: In Vitro Studies
Guillaume Haïat

14. Ultrasonic Monitoring of Fracture Healing
Vasilios C. Protopappas, Maria G. Vavva, Konstantinos N. Malizos, Demos Polyzos, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis

15. Nonlinear Acoustics for Non-invasive Assessment of Bone Micro-damage
Marie Muller, Guillaume Renaud

16. Microscopic Elastic Properties
Kay Raum

17. Ultrasonic Computed Tomography
Philippe Lasaygues, Régine Guillermin, Jean-Pierre Lefebvre

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Developmental Biology, Human Physiology, Ultrasound