ReviewOrthopaedic surgery2020
Cross-Sectional Area Measurement Techniques of Soft Tissue: A Literature Review.
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- Shape or size matters? Towards standard reporting of tensile testing parameters for human soft tissues: systematic review and finite element analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Pooled it
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- Comparative Analysis of Methods for Obtaining Median Nerve Cross-Sectional Area Using Ultrasound.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Segmentation of Soft Tissue in the Diagnosis of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Development and validation of a novel approach for quantifying dimensions of the lateral ligaments in human ankle dissections.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- Accessory Ligament of the Deep Digital Flexor Tendon of the Horse Forelimb and Its Relationship with the Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon: A Plastination, Histological, and Morphometry Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Repair of tendons treated with peracetic acid-ethanol and gamma irradiation by EDC combined with NHS: a morphological, biochemical and biomechanical study in vitro.Cell and tissue banking · 2024Article
- Preclinical tendon and ligament models: Beyond the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement) to 5W1H (why, who, what, where, when, how).Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Review
- Guidelines for ex vivo mechanical testing of tendon.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Review
- The impact of thickness heterogeneity on soft tissue biomechanics: a novel measurement technique and a demonstration on heart valve tissue.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2023Article
- Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging analysis shows sex-specific patterns in changes in anterior cruciate ligament cross-sectional area along its length.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Article
- Changes in the Cross-Sectional Profile of Treated Anterior Cruciate Ligament Within 2 Years After Surgery.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Templated freezing: a simple method may increase gripping force of the clamp on the tendon.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Evaluation of the biomechanical properties of soft tissues by measuring the stress-strain relationships has been the focus of numerous investigations. The accuracy of stress depends, in part, upon the determination of the cross-sectional area (CSA). However, the complex geometry and pliability of soft tissues, especially ligaments and tendons, make it difficult to obtain accurate CSA, and the development of CSA measurement methods of soft tissues continues. Early attempts to determine the CSA of soft tissues include gravimetric method, geometric approximation technique, area micrometer method, and microtomy technique. Since 1990, a series of new methods have emerged, including medical imaging techniques (e.g. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and ultrasound imaging (USI)), laser techniques (e.g. the laser micrometer method, the linear laser scanner (LLS) technique, and the laser reflection system (LRS) method), molding techniques, and three-dimensional (3D) scanning techniques.
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