Biological tissues such as the myocardium or the artery walls are subject to fast and complex phenomena which are related to their physical properties (geometry, composition, stiffness, etc.) as well…
read moreCommon techniques to measure blood pressure include an arterial catheter, an oscillometric pressure cuff, or an auscultatory pressure cuff. Oscillometric and auscultatory cuffs have an associated error, cannot be used…
read moreMany breast tumors found by palpation manifest as stiff masses. The stiffness of tumor is related to a mechanical property known as elasticity. Elastography methods use tissue elasticity as a…
read moreSuch a device should be lightweight, portable and easy to use for patient studies to capture tissue dynamics under external stress. We present the design of an automated compression device…
read moreJun Xia, Lihong V. Wang, Optical Imaging Lab, Washington University in St. Louis Volume 61, Issue 5, Page:1380-1389 Small animals, especially mice, are widely used in biomedical research for studying and…
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