Research Article

Early Detection of Atrophy of Foot Muscles in Chinese Patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by High-Frequency Ultrasonography

Figure 1

Ultrasonographic images of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle (EDB) and the muscles of the first interstitium (MILs). (a) A representative ultrasonic image of EDB, along with the enthesis (indicating lines with annotations) and boundary (dashed line) of the measured transverse diameter, thickness, and cross-sectional area. (b) A representative ultrasonic image of MILs and the enthesis (indicating lines with annotations) of the measured thickness.
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