Development of a diagnostic system for osteoarthritis using a photoacoustic measurement method

We demonstrated that photoacoustic measurement enables viscoelastic characterization of biological tissue. The purpose of this study was to develop a practical photoacoustic measurement system for diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA) by viscoelastic characterization of articular cartilage.

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