Ultrasound palpation sensor for tissue thickness and elasticity measurement - Assessment of transverse carpal ligament

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Zheng, Y P ^a   Li, Z M ^b   Choi, A P C ^a   Lu, M H ^a   Chen, X ^a   Huang, Q H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Palpation; Soft tissue; Tissue elasticity; Ultrasound; Ultrasound palpation

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; INDENTATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SENSORS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE ELASTICITY; ULTRASOUND PALPATION;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; CARPAL BONES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845692063     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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