Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1092-1097 , July 2009

Quantification of Muscle Volume by Echography: Comparison with MRI Data on Subjects in Long-Term Bed Rest

  • Philippe Arbeille

      Affiliations

    • UMPS-Unité de Médecine et Physiologie Spatiales, Départment Médecine Nucléaire et Ultrasons, CHU Trousseau, Tours, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Pr Philippe Arbeille, Med Nucl Ultrasons, CHU Trousseau, 37044 – Tours, France.
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  • Pascaline Kerbeci

      Affiliations

    • UMPS-Unité de Médecine et Physiologie Spatiales, Départment Médecine Nucléaire et Ultrasons, CHU Trousseau, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Arnaud Capri

      Affiliations

    • UMPS-Unité de Médecine et Physiologie Spatiales, Départment Médecine Nucléaire et Ultrasons, CHU Trousseau, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Charles Dannaud

      Affiliations

    • UMPS-Unité de Médecine et Physiologie Spatiales, Départment Médecine Nucléaire et Ultrasons, CHU Trousseau, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Scott W. Trappe

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
    • ,
  • Todd A. Trappe

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA

Received 28 January 2008 ,Revised 23 December 2008 ,Accepted 9 January 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00024-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.01.004

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1092-1097 , July 2009

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