Use of quantitative analysis of sonographic brightness for detection of early healing of tendon injury in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1320-1327

  Micklethwaite, Lucy ^a   Wood, Andrew K W ^b   Sehgal, Chandra M ^b   Polansky, Marcia ^c   Dowling, Bradley A ^a   Dart, Andrew J ^a   Rose, Reuben J ^a   Hodgson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

COLLAGENASE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; TENDON INJURY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGENASES; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH HORMONE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; TENDON INJURIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035433448     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1320     Document Type: Article

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