Estimation of Shear Modulus Distribution in Soft Tissue from Strain Distribution

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 193-202

  Sumi, Chikayoshi ^a   Suzuki, Akifumi ^a   Nakayama, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ELASTIC MODULUS; INVERSE PROBLEM; SHEAR MODULUS DISTRIBUTION; SOFT TISSUE; STATIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; MECHANICAL STRESS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0029239565     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.341832     Document Type: Article

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