Elastic moduli of normal and pathological human breast tissues: An inversion-technique-based investigation of 169 samples

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1565-1576

  Samani, Abbas ^a   Zubovits, Judit ^b   Plewes, Donald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURGERY; TUMORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BREAST TISSUES; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUES; PATHOLOGICAL TISSUES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIBROADENOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34247476453     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/6/002     Document Type: Article

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