Development of a palpation sensor for detection of prostatic cancer and hypertrophy (optimum structural design of sensor)

International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-38

  Chonan, Seiji ^a   Jiang, Zhong Wei ^a   Tanaka, Mami ^a   Kato, Takuji ^a   Kamei, Masatomo ^a   Tanahashi, Yoshikatsu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ONCOLOGY; SENSORS;

PALPATION SENSOR; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; PROSTATIC CANCER;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032023149     PISSN: 13835416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jaem-1998-091     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. H. Kato, On measurement of organisms' hardness and artificial perception, J. Soc. Instr. Contr. Eng. 14(3) (1975), 249-310.
2. S. Omata, Measurements of the hardness of a soft material with a piezoelectric vibrometer and their analysis, Japanese J. Med. Elect. Biol. Eng. 28(1) (1990), 1-8.
3. K. Yoshida and T. Hayashi, Study on flexible hardness sensor for cancer palpation in human body - proposition of balloon-type sensor and its experiments, J. Japan Soc. Free. Eng. 58(11) (1992), 105-110.
4. H. Tanaka, H. Ujiie, R. Aoyagi, N. Hoshimiya and Y. Handa, Basic study of the muscle stiffness measurement by ultrasonic vibrator, Japanese J. Med. Elect. Biol. Eng. 32(1) (1994), 1-7.
5. T. Kosawada, R. Hamaguchi, Y. Suzuki, Y. Kubota, T. Nakada, K. Suzuki and G. Shikanai, A method to detect dynamic characteristics of small biological soft tissues and its application to human prostate tissue, Trans. Japan Soc. Mech. Eng. Series C 61(591) (1995), 4410-4416.
6. G.M. Shepherd, Neurobiology, Third edition, Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1994, p. 270.
7. Z.W. Jiang, S. Chonan, Y. Tanahashi and Y. Suga, Tactile sensor for detection of prostatic hypertrophy, J. Japan Soc. Appl. Elect. Mech. 4(3) (1996), 23-28.
8. S.H. Crandall and W.D. Mark, Random Vibration in Mechanical Systems, Academic Press, Orlando, San Diego, New York, London, Toronto, Montreal, Sydney, Tokyo, 1963, p. 35.