Quantitative ultrasound tissue characterization in shoulder and thigh muscles - A new approach

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nielsen, Pernille Kofoed ^a   Jensen, Bente R ^b   Darvann, Tron ^c   Jørgensen, Kurt ^b   Bakke, Merete ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THIGH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SHOULDER; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645003082     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-2     Document Type: Article

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