Prostate cancer detection with an improved resonance sensor system: Parameter evaluation in a silicone model and on human prostate tissue in vitro

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1053-1059

  Lindberg, Peter ^a   Andersson, Britt ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a   Ljungberg, Börje ^a   Lindahl, Olof ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Frequency shift; Impression depth; Prostate cancer; Resonance sensor

Indexed keywords

CANCER DETECTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RESONANCE SENSOR;

HARDNESS; IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SILICONES; TISSUE;

ONCOLOGY;

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACOUSTICS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SILICONES;

EID: 34547094598     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0129-y     Document Type: Article

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