Quantification of skeletal muscle fibrosis at different healing stages using sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-48

  Hu, Ching Fang ^a   Chen, Carl Pai Chu ^a   Tsai, Wen Chung ^a,b   Hu, Li Lin ^c   Hsu, Chih Chin ^a,b   Tseng, Shih Ting ^c   Shau, Yio Wha ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Echo intensity; Fibrosis; Muscles; Sonography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PIXELS; RATS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; ECHO INTENSITY; FIBROSIS; FIBROUS TISSUE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; REGION OF INTEREST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROSIS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84855384413     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.1.43     Document Type: Review

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