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A Study on Method for Improving Reproducibility in the Ultrasonic Measurement of Bone Mineral Density

초음파 골밀도 측정에서 재현성 향상 방법에 관한 연구

  • 신정식 (부산대학교 지능기계공학과 대학원) ;
  • 안중환 (부산대학교 지능기계공학과) ;
  • 김화영 (부산대학교 지능기계공학과) ;
  • 김형준 (경희대학교 동서의학대학원) ;
  • 한승무 (경희대학교 동서의료공학과)
  • Published : 2005.10.01
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Abstract

It is very important to achieve a high reproducibility in the ultrasonic measurement of bone mineral density. In this study, we examined number of sampling waveform, control of temperature, diameter of region of interest as factors to improve reproducibility. We decided the optimal number of waveforms to be converted to frequency domain as period of 1. We have minimized the effects of variable temperature and constrained generation of micro bubble by keeping temperature within a range of $32\pm0.5^{\circ}C$ with a precise temperature controlling algorithm. We also found the optimal diameter of region of interest to be 13mm. In this paper, we demonstrated the improved reproducibility by controlling various factors affecting the ultrasonic measurement of bone mineral density.

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