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Ultrasound of normal skin
Author(s) -
Fornage Bruno D.,
Deshayes JeanLuc
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870140808
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasound , dorsum , heel , body surface , scanner , biomedical engineering , ultrasound imaging , nuclear medicine , radiology , anatomy , optics , physics , geometry , mathematics
The authors have used a commercially available real‐time sector scanner and a 10‐MHz probe with a built‐in water path for B‐mode imaging of the normal skin. Measurements have been performed in 10 volunteers at 18 sites on the body surface. Normal skin thickness ranges from 1.4 mm at the dorsal aspect of hand to 4.8 mm at the heel. Clinical applications of B‐mode imaging of the skin are discussed.