The mechanical response of human liver and its relation to histology: An in vivo study

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 663-672

  Mazza, Edoardo ^a,b   Nava, Alessandro ^a   Hahnloser, Dieter ^c   Jochum, Wolfram ^c   Bajka, Michael ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Histology; In vivo experiment; Liver; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPSY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

LIVER; STIFFNESS INDEX;

HISTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BIOMECHANICS; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPSY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIVER; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SUCTION;

EID: 35448959180     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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