Real-time sonoelastography findings in healthy Achilles tendons

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  De Zordo, Tobias ^a   Fink, Christian ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^a   Smekal, Vinzenz ^a   Reindl, Markus ^a   Klauser, Andrea Sabine ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Elastography; Sonoelastography; Sports medicine; Tendinosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME SONOELASTOGRAPHY; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPORTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68149178339     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1843     Document Type: Article

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