Spatial variations in Achilles tendon shear wave speed
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Spatial variations in Achilles tendon shear wave speed.
Supersonic shear imaging (SSI) is an ultrasound imaging modality that can provide insight into tissue mechanics by measuring shear wave propagation speed, a property that depends on tissue elasticity. SSI has previously been used to characterize the increase in Achilles tendon shear wave speed that occurs with loading, an effect attributable to the strain-stiffening behavior of the tissue. Howe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biomechanics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0021-9290
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.05.008