Effect of transducer frequency on muscle luminosity ratio

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 612-613

  Hobson Webb, Lisa D ^a   Mhoon, Justin T ^a   Juel, Vern C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; ECHOGRAPHY; LETTER; LUMINANCE; MUSCLE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSDUCER; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 80052906023     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22155     Document Type: Letter

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