Ultrasonic measurements of breast viscoelasticity

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4757-4767

  Sridhar, Mallika ^a   Insana, Michael F ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Breast cancer; Creep; Rheological models; Stroma

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CREEP; CURVE FITTING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TISSUE;

BREAST CANCER; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; STROMA; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE; VISCOELASTIC POLYMERS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE; VISCOELASTIC STRAIN;

VISCOELASTICITY;

GELATIN; POLYMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 36649011760     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2805258     Document Type: Article

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