Quantitative ultrasound: Measurement considerations for the assessment of muscular dystrophy and sarcopenia

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Harris Love, Michael O ^a,b   Monfaredi, Reza ^c   Ismail, Catheeja ^d   Blackman, Marc R ^a,d   Cleary, Kevin ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Muscular dystrophy; Sarcopenia; Screening; Skeletal muscle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROPHONE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; SARCOPENIA; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 84904703625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00172     Document Type: Article

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