The solution of inverse non-linear elasticity problems that arise when locating breast tumours

Journal of Theoretical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-149

  Whiteley, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast tumour; Inverse problems; Linear elasticity theory; Non linear elasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BREAST TUMOR; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 30744440943     PISSN: 10273662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10273660500148606     Document Type: Article

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