Camera Uses Polarized Light to Measure Changes in Ligament Often Injured by Baseball Pitchers (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Camera Uses Polarized Light to Measure Changes in Ligament Often Injured by Baseball Pitchers

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A mechanical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis plans to develop a bioinspired imaging technique to study how damage accumulates in the UCL during loading, or the stress of activating the ligament.

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Washington University in St. Louis

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