Elastic moduli of thyroid tissues under compression

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-110

  Lyshchik, A ^a   Higashi, T ^a   Asato, R ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Ito, J ^a   Hiraoka, M ^a   Brill, A B ^b   Saga, T ^a   Togashi, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic moduli; Elastography; Thyroid; Thyroid tumors; Tissue; Tissue mechanics; Tumors

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; ELASTOGRAPHY; PRE-COMPRESSION; SURGICAL RESECTION; THYROID; THYROID TUMORS; TISSUE MECHANICS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

TUMORS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 26044444086     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460502700204     Document Type: Article

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