A. J. Foldes, A. Rimon, D. D. Keinan, and M. M. Popovtzer, Quantitative ultrasound of the tibia: A novel approach for assessment of bone status, Bone, vol.17, issue.4, pp.363-367, 1995.
DOI : 10.1016/S8756-3282(95)00244-8

G. Lowet and G. , Ultrasound velocity measurement in long bones: Measurement method and simulation of ultrasound wave propagation, Journal of Biomechanics, vol.29, issue.10, pp.1255-1262, 1996.
DOI : 10.1016/0021-9290(96)00054-1

C. F. Njeh, I. Saeed, M. Grigorian, D. L. Kendler, B. Fan et al., Assessment of bone status using speed of sound at multiple anatomical sites, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, vol.27, issue.10, pp.1337-1345, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00437-9

E. Bossy, M. Talmant, and P. Laugier, Effect of bone cortical thickness on velocity measurements using ultrasonic axial transmission: A 2D simulation study, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol.112, issue.1, pp.297-307, 2002.
DOI : 10.1121/1.1480836

E. Camus, M. Talmant, G. Berger, and P. Laugier, Analysis of the axial transmission technique for the assessment of skeletal status, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol.108, issue.6, pp.3058-3065, 2000.
DOI : 10.1121/1.1290245

L. Cagniard, Reflection and Refraction of Progressive Seismic Waves [Traduction et révision par Cagniard Réflexion et réfraction des ondes séismiques progressives, 1939.

A. T. De-hoop, A modification of cagniard???s method for solving seismic pulse problems, Applied Scientific Research, Section B, vol.34, issue.1, pp.349-356, 1960.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02920068

A. T. De-hoop and J. H. Van-der-hijden, Generation of acoustic waves by an impulsive line source in a fluid/solid configuration with a plane boundary, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol.74, issue.1, pp.333-342, 1983.
DOI : 10.1121/1.389682

Q. Grimal and S. Naili, A theoretical analysis in the time-domain of wave reflection on a bone plate, Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol.298, issue.1-2, 2005.
DOI : 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.04.037

C. E. Shannon, A mathematical theory of communication, Bell System Technol, J, vol.27, pp.379-423, 1948.

E. T. Jaynes, Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics, Physical Review, vol.106, issue.4, pp.620-630, 1957.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRev.106.620

E. T. Jaynes, Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics. II, Physical Review, vol.108, issue.2, pp.171-190, 1957.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRev.108.171

C. Soize, A nonparametric model of random uncertainties for reduced matrix models in structural dynamics, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, vol.15, issue.3, pp.277-294, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0266-8920(99)00028-4
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00686293

C. Soize, Random matrix theory for modeling uncertainties in computational mechanics, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol.194, issue.12-16, pp.1333-1366, 2005.
DOI : 10.1016/j.cma.2004.06.038
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00686187

R. Serfling, Approximation Theorems of Mathematical Statistics, 1980.