Reliability of measurement of skin ultrasonic properties in vivo: A potential technique for assessing irradiated skin

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Huang, Y P ^a   Zheng, Yongpin P ^a   Leung, S F ^b   Mak, A F T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; High frequency ultrasound; Radiotherapy; Reliability; Skin; Ultrasonic properties; Ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

RADIATION-INDUCED TISSUE FIBROSIS; SKIN ULTRASONIC PROPERTIES;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREARM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN FIBROSIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SONICATION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846549496     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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