Development of a Novel Deformation-Based Tissue Softness Sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 548-554

  Leng, Hongjie ^a   Lin, Yingzi ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation based; piezoresistive devices; softness measurement; tissues; Young s module

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008025084     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2016620     Document Type: Article

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