Quantitative Assessment of Articular Cartilage with Morphologic, Acoustic and Mechanical Properties Obtained Using High-Frequency Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 512-527

  Wang, Shu Zhe ^a   Huang, Yan Ping ^a   Saarakkala, Simo ^a,b   Zheng, Yong Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acoustic parameters; Articular cartilage; Degradation; High frequency ultrasound; Indentation; Intra articular ultrasound; Osteoarthritis; Roughness; Stiffness; Thickness; Water jet

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; WATER JETS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BONE; DEGRADATION; JETS; LIGAMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

CARTILAGE;

COLLAGENASE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; B SCAN; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 76749105331     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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