Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 558-564 , June 2009

Automatic detection method of muscle fiber movement as revealed by ultrasound images

  • Tasuku Miyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama 3378570, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Systems Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama 3378570, Japan. Tel.: +81 48 6889405; fax: +81 48 6875197.
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  • Tomohiko Kihara

      Affiliations

    • Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridaicho, Okayama-city, Okayama 7000005, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Koyama

      Affiliations

    • Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama 3378570, Japan
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  • Shin-Ichiro Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama 3378570, Japan
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  • Takashi Komeda

      Affiliations

    • Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama 3378570, Japan

Received 17 March 2008 ,Revised 7 November 2008 ,Accepted 14 November 2008.

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PII: S1350-4533(08)00208-7

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 558-564 , June 2009

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