Reliability of Quantitative Ultrasound Measures of the Biceps and Supraspinatus Tendons

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1424-1432

  Collinger, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Gagnon, Dany ^a,b,d   Jacobson, Jon ^e   Impink, Bradley G ^a,c   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biceps; reliability; supraspinatus; tendon; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE TENDON; TENDON; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS;

EID: 70349758214     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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