Atomic force stiffness imaging: capturing differences in mechanical properties to identify and localize areas of prostate cancer tissue.
Clara EssmannAlex FreemanVijay M. PawarDanail StoyanovPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image-Guided Procedures (2018)
Keyphrases
- finite element model
- prostate cancer
- mechanical properties
- experimental data
- contact force
- finite element
- normal tissue
- boundary conditions
- disease progression
- composite materials
- finite element analysis
- image analysis
- image guided
- radiotherapy treatment
- computer aided
- mr images
- dce mri
- numerical simulations
- high resolution
- tissue deformation
- material properties
- radiation therapy
- image processing
- radio frequency
- medical image analysis
- medical imaging
- optimization methods
- measured data
- three dimensional
- computer vision
- tissue characterization
- soft tissue