The development and validation of a charge-coupled device laser reflectance system to measure the complex cross-sectional shape and area of soft tissues

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3071-3075

  Moon, Daniel K ^a   Abramowitch, Steven D ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Image reconstruction; Ligament; Non contact measurement; Tendon

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGAMENTS; TENDONS; TISSUE;

CCD LASER REFLECTANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; LIGAMENT SPECIMENS; NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE LASER REFLECTANCE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GOAT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SOFT TISSUE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; GOATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; SWINE;

EID: 33751243000     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.029     Document Type: Article

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