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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 26.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2008 Feb;55(2):384–390. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.656

Table II.

Summary of four experimental studies comparing phase sensitive and phase insensitive measurements of BUA.

Study Bone State # subjects Marrow present Receiver array elements Mean BUA (dB/MHz) Change
# size (mm) PS PI Difference (dB/MHz) %
Strelitzki45 in vitro 10 cadaver Yes 9 5 47.9 43.5 4.4 9
present 16 cadaver No 52 2 22.1 17.6 4.5 20
Petley44 in vivo 10 men and women Yes 1* 5 ~83 ~52 31.2 39
Wear46 73 women aged 47 ± 13 yr. Yes 52 2 81.4 67.2 14.2 17
*

Petley et al. used a single receiver of 5 mm diameter to scan a 25 mm diameter area in steps of 1 mm.