Prediction of tumor existence in the virtual soft tissue by using tactile tumor detector

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Hosseini, Sayyed Mohsen ^a   Najarian, Siamak ^a   Motaghinasab, Samira ^a   Golpaygani, Ali Tavakoli ^b   Torabi, Shahla ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial tactile sensing; Biological tissue; Finite element analysis; Tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449007784     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2008.483.489     Document Type: Article

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