In-depth imaging and quantification of degenerative changes associated with Achilles ruptured tendons by polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3777-3787

  Bagnaninchi, P O ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Bonesi, M ^b   Maffulli, G ^a   Phelan, C ^c   Meglinski, I ^b   El Haj, A ^a   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES; ACHILLES TENDONS; DEGENERATIVE CHANGES; DEPTH IMAGING; EX-VIVO; IN-SITU; IN-VIVO; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; OPTICAL COHERENT TOMOGRAPHY; PATELLAR TENDON; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PENETRATION DEPTH; PHASE RETARDATION; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; JOINT PROSTHESES; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; TENDINITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RUPTURE; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953813527     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/13/014     Document Type: Article

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