{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5"],"submitter":["Aeles J"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>Various strategies for improving reliability of fascicle identification on ultrasound images are used in practice, yet these strategies are untested for effectiveness. Studies suggest that the largest part of differences between fascicle lengths on one image are attributed to the error on the initial image. In this study, we compared reliability results between different strategies.<h4>Methods</h4>Static single-image recordings and image sequence recordings during passive ankle rotations of the medial gastrocnemius were collected. Images were tracked by three different raters. We compared results from uninformed fascicle identification (UFI) and results with information from dynamic length changes, or data-informed tracking (DIT). A second test compared tracking of image se"],"journal":["PeerJ"],"pagination":["e4164"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5733898"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Information from dynamic length changes improves reliability of static ultrasound fascicle length measurements."],"pmcid":["PMC5733898"],"pubmed_authors":["Aeles J","Delabastita T","Vanlommel L","Lenchant S","Lichtwark GA","Vanwanseele B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Information from dynamic length changes improves reliability of static ultrasound fascicle length measurements.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>Various strategies for improving reliability of fascicle identification on ultrasound images are used in practice, yet these strategies are untested for effectiveness. Studies suggest that the largest part of differences between fascicle lengths on one image are attributed to the error on the initial image. In this study, we compared reliability results between different strategies.<h4>Methods</h4>Static single-image recordings and image sequence recordings during passive ankle rotations of the medial gastrocnemius were collected. Images were tracked by three different raters. We compared results from uninformed fascicle identification (UFI) and results with information from dynamic length changes, or data-informed tracking (DIT). A second test compared tracking of image se","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017","modification":"2025-04-19T18:45:18.263Z","creation":"2019-03-27T03:05:06Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5733898","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29259845"],"doi":["10.7717/peerj.4164"]}}