Differences in Acoustic Properties of Intact and Degenerated Human Patellar Cartilage During Compression

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1367-1375

  Kiviranta, Panu ^a   Lammentausta, Eveliina ^b   Töyräs, Juha ^a,c   Nieminen, Heikki J ^a   Julkunen, Petro ^c   Kiviranta, Ilkka ^d,e   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Degeneration; Elastography; Osteoarthritis; Speed of sound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPEED OF SOUND; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; ELASTIC MODULI; ERRORS; LIGAMENTS; SPEED; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATTENUATION; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY; WATER CONTENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67650269395     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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