Measurement of tendon velocities using vector tissue Doppler imaging: A feasibility study

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 5310-5313

  Eranki, Avinash ^a   Bellini, Lindsey ^b   Prosser, Laura ^b   Stanley, Christopher ^b   Bland, Daniel ^b   Alter, Katharine ^b   Damiano, Diane ^b   Sikdar, Siddhartha ^a  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal imaging; Signal processing; Tendon motion; Tissue motion; Ultrasonography; Vector Doppler

Indexed keywords

3D MOTION CAPTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DORSIFLEXIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOT DROP; JOINT ANGULAR VELOCITY; LINEAR CORRELATION; MOVEMENT CONTROL; MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING; PEAK VELOCITIES; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TISSUE MOTION; VECTOR DOPPLER;

DOPPLER EFFECT; MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TENDONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VECTORS;

VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENDON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650833219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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