The use of 2D ultrasound elastography for measuring tendon motion and strain

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 750-754

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

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Tendon mechanics; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

D. DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC); DISPLACEMENT PROFILES; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; STRONG CORRELATION; TENDON MECHANICS; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND PHANTOM;

ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

TENDONS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SWINE; TENDON; TWO DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

TENDON MECHANICS; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TRANSDUCERS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84892519018     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.11.023     Document Type: Article

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