Discrimination of thoracic spine from muscle based on their difference in ultrasound reflection and scattering characteristics.

Tomohiro YokoyamaShohei Mori Mototaka Arakawa Eiko OnishiMasanori YamauchiHiroshi Kanai

Published in: Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) (2019)

Using the difference in the characteristics of reflection from bone and scattering from muscle tissue, we could distinguish bone from muscle tissue with the proposed method.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
bone mineral density
magnetic resonance imaging
soft tissue
spinal cord
bone regeneration
postmenopausal women
computed tomography
ultrasound guided
monte carlo