Real-time ultrasound elastography of the normal Achilles tendon: reproducibility and pattern description

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1196-1202

  Drakonaki, E E ^a,b   Allen, G M ^b   Wilson, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350770955     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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