Ultrasonic and viscoelastic properties of skin under transverse mechanical stress in vitro

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 995-1007

  Pan, Lihong ^a   Zan, Leo ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Frequency dependent attenuation; Frequency dependent backscatter; Skin; Speed of sound; Stress relaxation; Ultrasound; Viscoelasticity; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CREEP; ELASTIC MODULI; SKIN; STRESS RELAXATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

FREQUENCY DEPENDENT ATTENUATION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT BACKSCATTER;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN; SOUND; STRESS; SWINE; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0032168270     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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