Validation of a freehand 3D ultrasound system for morphological measures of the medial gastrocnemius muscle

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1313-1319

  Barber, Lee ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a   Lichtwark, Glen ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Gastrocnemius; Length; Muscle; Volume

Indexed keywords

3D ULTRASOUND; ANKLE JOINTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DORSIFLEXION; FREEHAND 3-D ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS; FREEHAND 3D ULTRASOUND; GASTROCNEMIUS; GENERATING CAPACITY; HUMAN MUSCLES; IN-VIVO; LENGTH; LENGTH MEASUREMENT; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MORPHOLOGICAL MEASURES; MRI IMAGE; MUSCLE VOLUME; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; VOLUME;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMECHANICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349208940     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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