A new method for the visualization and quantification of internal skin elasticity by ultrasound imaging

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-277

  Osanai, Osamu ^a   Ohtsuka, Mayumi ^a   Hotta, Mitsuyuki ^a   Kitaharai, Takashi ^a   Takema, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elasticity imaging techniques; Skin physiological processes; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SOFTWARES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMAN SKIN; LINEAR COMPRESSION; MUSCLE LAYERS; PRESSURE DEVICES; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SKIN ELASTICITY; SKIN LAYER; STRAIN IMAGING; SURFACE LAYERS; TOSHIBA; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE; RATING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

ELASTICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL SKIN ELASTICITY; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN TENSION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE STRAIN IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDITY;

ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUCTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 79960364965     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2010.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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