Strain measurements of rabbit achilles tendons by ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1241-1250

  Kuo, Po Lin ^a   Li, Pai Chi ^c   Shun, Chia Tung ^b   Lai, Jin Shin ^a  

^a ROC   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging; Speckle tracking; Strain measurement; Tendon inflammation; Tissue differentiation; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPECKLE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENDONS;

SPECKLE TRACKING; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING; ISCHEMIA; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REHABILITATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDINITIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RABBITS; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0032855568     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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