Investigation of PVA cryogel Young's modulus stability with time, controlled by a simple reliable technique

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 656-661

  Duboeuf, François ^a   Basarab, Adrian ^a   Liebgott, Hervé ^a   Brusseau, Elisabeth ^a   Delachartre, Philippe ^a   Vray, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA) CRYOGEL; QUASI-STATIC METHODS; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; TISSUE-MIMICKING MATERIALS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ERROR; FREEZE THAWING; GEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 59249083455     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3065031     Document Type: Article

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