Computerised system for measurement of muscle thickness based on ultrasonography

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Wong, Alexander ^a   Gallagher, Kaitlin M ^a   Callaghan, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

muscle thickness measurement; regions of interest; registration; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE; ANALYSIS TOOLS; COMPUTERISED SYSTEMS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOCALISED; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE THICKNESS; OPERATIONAL USE; REGIONS OF INTEREST; REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION ERROR; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SPECKLE NOISE;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS; THICKNESS GAGES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873935350     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.617003     Document Type: Article

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