Ultrasound Backscatter Imaging Provides Frequency-Dependent Information on Structure,Composition and Mechanical Properties of Human Trabecular Bone |
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Authors: | Janne P Karjalainen Juha Töyräs Ossi Riekkinen Mikko Hakulinen Jukka S Jurvelin |
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Institution: | ∗ Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland;† Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland;‡ Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland |
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Abstract: | The strength as well as the acoustic properties of trabecular bone are determined by its structure and composition. Consequently, tissue structure and compositional properties also affect the ultrasound propagation in bone. The diagnostic potential of ultrasound has not been fully exploited in clinical quantitative ultrasound devices. The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of quantitative ultrasound pulse-echo imaging, conducted over a broad range of frequencies (1 to 5 MHz), to predict the mechanics, composition and microstructure of trabecular bone. Ultrasound reflection and backscatter parameters correlated significantly with the ultimate strength of the trabecular bone and the bone volume fraction (r = 0.76–0.90, n = 20, p < 0.01). Ultrasound backscatter associated significantly (independently of bone structure or mineral content) with the collagen content of the bone matrix (r = 0.75, radjusted = 0.66, p < 0.01). Interestingly, the applied ultrasound frequency seemed to relate the sensitivity of ultrasound backscatter to different properties of trabecular bone. At frequencies ranging from 1 to 3.5 MHz, the ultrasound backscatter associated significantly with the tissue mechanical and structural parameters. At 5 MHz, the composition of the bone matrix was a more significant determinant of the measured backscatter. This study provides useful information for optimizing the use of pulse-echo measurements, and thereby further emphasizes the diagnostic potential of the ultrasound backscatter measurements of trabecular bone. |
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Keywords: | Ultrasound backscatter Imaging Trabecular bone Osteoporosis Diagnostics |
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