An elastically compressible phantom material with mechanical and x-ray attenuation properties equivalent to breast tissue

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1177-1188

  Price, B D ^a   Gibson, A P ^a   Tan, L T ^a   Royle, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TISSUES; PHANTOM MATERIALS; X-RAY ATTENUATION; X-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ETHANOL; GELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ALCOHOL; HEAVY METAL; INORGANIC SALT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FREEZING; GEL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SWINE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FREEZING; GELS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SALTS; SWINE;

EID: 76149086863     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/4/018     Document Type: Article

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