An analysis of the mechanical parameters used for finite element compression of a high-resolution 3D breast phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5756-5770

  Hsu, Christina M L ^a,b   Palmeri, Mark L ^a,b   Segars, W Paul ^a,b,c   Veress, Alexander I ^d   Dobbins III, James T ^a,b,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanical; breast imaging; deformation; finite element; model; phantom; simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MESH GENERATION; MODELS; PHANTOMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMECHANICAL; BREAST IMAGING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MULTI-MODALITY BREAST IMAGING; SIMULATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 80053605013     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3637500     Document Type: Article

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