Towards a more realistic biomechanical modelling of breast malignant tumours

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 631-648

  Wessel, Carolina ^a   Schnabel, Julia A ^a   Brady, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICAL MODELLING; BREAST TUMOUR; COMPRESSION FORCE; HYPER ELASTIC; LINEAR ELASTIC; MAMMOGRAPHIC;

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

TUMORS;

COLLAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84856094269     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/3/631     Document Type: Article

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