Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1367-1375 , August 2009

Differences in Acoustic Properties of Intact and Degenerated Human Patellar Cartilage During Compression

  • Panu Kiviranta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Panu Kiviranta, M.D., Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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  • Eveliina Lammentausta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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  • Juha Töyräs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Heikki J. Nieminen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Petro Julkunen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Ilkka Kiviranta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Jukka S. Jurvelin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Received 3 December 2008 ,Revised 21 February 2009 ,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00103-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1367-1375 , August 2009

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