Supersonic shear imaging provides a reliable measurement of resting muscle shear elastic modulus

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lacourpaille, Lilian ^a   Hug, François ^a   Bouillard, Killian ^a   Hogrel, Jean Yves ^b   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

elasticity; elastography; followup; neuromuscular disorders; stiffness

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELASTIC MODULI; MUSCLE; RELIABILITY;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FOLLOWUP; GASTROCNEMIUS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; SHEAR ELASTIC MODULUS; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84857850557     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/3/N19     Document Type: Article

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