Molecular and structural analysis of viscoelastic properties

Autor:	Rebecca D. Yapp, S. Kalyanam, Michael F. Insana
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Disease specific food.ingredient Materials science Connective tissue medicine.disease Gelatin Image contrast Viscoelasticity Breast cancer food medicine.anatomical_structure Self-healing hydrogels medicine Elasticity (economics) Biomedical engineering
Zdroj:	SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN:	0277-786X
DOI:	10.1117/12.708723
Popis:	Elasticity imaging is emerging as an important tool for breast cancer detection and monitoring of treatment. Viscoelastic image contrast in breast lesions is generated by disease specific processes that modify the molecular structure of connective tissues. We showed previously that gelatin hydrogels exhibit mechanical behavior similar to native collagen found in breast tissue and therefore are suitable as phantoms for elasticity imaging. This paper summarizes our study of the viscoelastic properties of hydrogels designed to discover molecular-scale sources of elasticity image contrast.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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