Feasibility and repeatability for in vivo measurements of stiffness gradients in the canine gastrocnemius tendon using an acoustoelastic strain gauge

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 548-554

  Ellison, Michelle ^a   Kobayashi, Hirohito ^b   Delaney, Fern ^a   Danielson, Kelson ^a   Vanderby, Ray ^b   Muir, Peter ^a   Forrest, Lisa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustoelasticity; Calcaneal; Canine; Gastrocnemius; Tendon; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ACOUSTOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCANEAL; CANINE; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTOELASTICITY; CALCANEAL; CANINE; GASTROCNEMIUS; TENDON; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENDONS;

EID: 84883741337     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vru.12052     Document Type: Article

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