High resolution B-scan ultrasound of hypertrophic scars

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-188

  Bessonart, María Nélida ^a   Macedo, Néstor ^b   Carmona, Carlos ^c  

^a Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell   (Uruguay)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

^c Universidad de la Republica Instituto de Higiene   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

High frequency; Hypertrophic scar; Keloid; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DENSITOMETERS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEATURE EXTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SKIN; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

DENSITOMETRY ANALYSIS; ECOGRAPHIC FEATURES; HYPERTROPHIC SCARS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DERMATOLOGY;

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KELOID; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; RELIABILITY; SKIN EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 22244481279     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2005.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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