Tactile mapping system: A novel imaging technology for surface topography and elasticity of tissues or organs

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 345-350

  Oie, Tomonori ^a,b,c   Suzuki, Hisato ^a,b   Fukuda, Toru ^d   Murayama, Yoshinobu ^d   Omata, Sadao ^d   Kanda, Keiichi ^e   Nakayama, Yasuhide ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shinkan Kogyo Co   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elasticity image; Extracellular matrix; Resolution; Tactile mapping system; Vascular tissue

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULAR TISSUE;

EID: 74249109947     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181c45bf9     Document Type: Article

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