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Multi-directional in vivo tensile skin stiffness measurement for the design of a reproducible tensile strain elastography protocol

  1. Louise Coutts*,
  2. Jeffrey Bamber,
  3. Naomi Miller

Article first published online: 6 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00604.x

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Skin Research and Technology

Skin Research and Technology

Volume 19, Issue 1, pages e37–e44, February 2013

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Coutts, L., Bamber, J. and Miller, N. (2013), Multi-directional in vivo tensile skin stiffness measurement for the design of a reproducible tensile strain elastography protocol. Skin Research and Technology, 19: e37–e44. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00604.x

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  1. Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, England

* Address:
Louise Coutts
Joint Department of Physics
Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Downs Road
Sutton
Surrey, SM2 5PT
UK
Tel: +(020) 8661 3343
Fax: +(020) 8643 3812
e-mail: louisevcoutts@gmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 6 FEB 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 NOV 2011

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