Real-time sonoelastography: Findings in patients with symptomatic achilles tendons and comparison to healthy volunteers

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 394-400

  De Zordo, T ^a   Chhem, R ^b   Smekal, V ^c   Feuchtner, G ^a   Reindl, M ^b   Fink, C ^c   Faschingbauer, R ^a   Jaschke, W ^a   Klauser, A S ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

sonoelastography; technology assessment; tendons; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 77955545891     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109809     Document Type: Article

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