Is sonoelastography of value in assessing tendons?

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Klauser, Andrea S ^a   Faschingbauer, Ralph ^a   Jaschke, Werner R ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Elastography; Sonoelastography; Sonography; Tendinosis

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 77953639984     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1254521     Document Type: Article

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