Ultrasonic measurements of breast viscoelasticity
Ultrasonic measurements of breast viscoelasticity
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DOI:
10.1118/1.2805258
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发表时间:
2007-12-01
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Insana, Michael F.
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作者:
Sridhar, Mallika;Insana, Michael F.
In vivo measurements of the viscoelastic properties of breast tissue are described. Ultrasonic echo frames were recorded from volunteers at 5 fps while applying a uniaxial compressive force (1-20 N) within a 1 s ramp time and holding the force constant for up to 200 s. A time series of strain images was formed from the echo data, spatially averaged viscous creep curves were computed, and viscoelastic strain parameters were estimated by fitting creep curves to a second-order Voigt model. The useful strain bandwidth from this quasi-static ramp stimulus was 10(-2)