The elastic properties of cancerous skin: Poisson's ratio and Young's modulus

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 753-755

  Raveh Tilleman, Tamata ^a,b,c   Tilleman, Michael M ^a   Neumann, Martino H A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancerous skin; Non invasive; Poisson's ratio; Skin elasticity; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SKIN CANCER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING; YOUNG MODULUS;

CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 10644271613     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Anderson RC, Curtin HR. Ultrasonic holography. A promising medical imaging tool. Radiology 1973;109:417-21.
2. Owen AW, Forrest AP, Anderson TJ, Samuel E, Young GB, Scott AM. Breast screening and surgical problems. Br J Surg 1977;64:725-8.
3. Hedlund PO, Das D, Lowhagen T, Esposti P. Rectal palpation and transrectal fine needle aspiration of the prostate in the monitoring of prostate cancer: a study of 59 patients during treatment with estramustine phosphate or estrogens. Prostate 1989;15:327-33.
4. Larrabee WF Jr. A finite element model of skin deformation. I: Biomechanics of skin and soft tissue: a review. Laryngoscope 1986;96(4):399-405.
5. Gilbson T, Kenedi RM. Biomechanical properties of skin. Surg North Am 1967;47:279-94.
6. Lees C, Vincent JF, Hillerton JE. Poisson's ratio in skin. Biomed Mater Eng 1991;1(1):19-23.
7. Wexler DB, Gilbertson LG, Goel VK, Bardach J. Biomechanics of the rotation-advancement skin flap: experimental and theoretical studies. In: Bardach J, ed. Local Flaps and Free Skin Grafts. New York: Mosby Year Book, 1992:53-68.
8. Larrabee WF Jr, Sutton D. A finite element model of skin deformation. II: An Experimental Model of Skin Deformation. Laryngoscope 1986;96(4): 406-12.
9. Kennedy RM, Gibson T, Daly CH. Bioengineering studies of the human skin. In: Kennedy RM, ed. Proceedings of the Symposium on Biomechanics and Related Bioengineering Topics. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1965:147-58.
10. Miyauchi T, Maruoka M, Nagayama T. Malignant melanoma of the penis associated with von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis: case report. Hinyokika Kiyo 1988;34(4):710-13.
11. Tiu CM, Chiou HJ, Chou YH, et al. Sonographic features of breast abscesses with emphasis on "hypoechoic rim" sign. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 2001;64(3):153-60.
12. Dobrin PB, Mrkvicka R. Estimating the elastic modulus of non-atherosclerotic elastic arteries. J Hypertens Suppl 1992;10(6):S7-10.
13. Maaß H, Kühnapfel U. Noninvasive measurement of elastic properties of living tissue. Proceedings of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference EMBEC 99. Med Biol Eng Comput 1999;37(2): 1460-1.
14. Mizunuma M, Yanai A, Tsutsumi S, et al. Can dog ear formation be decreased when an s shape resection is used instead of spindle skin resection? A three dimensional analysis of skin surgery techniques using finite element method. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000;106(4):845-8.
15. Boissieux L, Kiss G, Magnenat Thalmann N, Kalra P. Simulation of skin aging and wrinkles with cosmetics insight. http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:_traSCNhG7MJ
16. Ophir J, Cespedes I, Ponnekanti H, Yazdi Y, Li X. Elastography: a quantitative method for imaging the elasticity of biological tissues. Ultrason Imaging 1991;13:111-34.
17. Mente PL, Lewis JL. Elastic modulus of calcified cartilage is an order of magnitude less than that of subchondral bone. J Orthop Res 1994;12: 637-47.
18. Manios A, Katsantonis J, Tosca A, Skulakis CH, Tsifisis D. The finite element method as a research and teaching tool in the analysis of local skin flaps. Dermatol Surg 1996;22:1029-33.
19. Erkamp RQ, Wiggins P, Skovoroda AR, Emelianov SY, O'Dodonnell M. Measuring the elastic modulus of small tissue samples. Ultrason Imaging 1998;20(1):17-28.
20. Pieper SD, Laub DR, Rosen JM. A finite element facial model for simulating plastic surgery. Plast Reconstr Sury 1995;96(5):1100-5.
21. Raveh Tilleman T, Tilleman M, Neumann MHA. Minimum beveling in Mohs surgery cut. The Combined Annual Meeting of the ASDS and ACMMSCO. New Orleans, 2003.
22. Khatyr F, Imberdis C, Vescovo P, Varchon D, Lagarde J-M. Model of the viscoelastic behaviour of skin in vivo and study of anisotropy. Skin Res Tech 2004;10:96-103
23. Pellettiere J. A material model for bone under impact loading. http://asbbiomech.org/onlineabs/NACOB98/280
24. Mossel WP. Summary E-modulus of http://isb.ri.ccf.org/biomch-l/archives/biomch-l-1997-12/00080.html