Ultrasound assessment of skin and wound tissue: Comparison with histology

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-154

  Rippon, M G ^a   Springett, K ^b   Walmsley, R ^a   Patrick, K ^a   Millson, S ^a  

^a Deeside Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen accumulation; Skin measurements; Ultrasound imaging; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SWINE; ULTRASOUND; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031880772     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1998.tb00101.x     Document Type: Article

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