Tendon motion and strain patterns evaluated with two-dimensional ultrasound elastography

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2618-2623

  Chernak, Laura A ^a   Thelen, Darryl G ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Strain patterns; Tendon; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FORCES; AXIAL LOADING; BEAM DIRECTION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CROSS-CORRELATIONS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FLEXOR TENDON; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HYDRAULIC TESTS; LOADING CYCLES; NODAL DISPLACEMENT; PEAK STRAINS; POISSON'S RATIO; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; SEARCH REGION; STRAIN PATTERNS; TENDON TISSUES; TISSUE MOTION; TRANSVERSE STRAIN; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

LOADING; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRAIN; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

TENDONS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; LOADING TEST; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON INJURY; TENDON MOTION; TENDON STRESS;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MOTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENDONS;

EID: 84866769994     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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