viscoelasticity

Enhancing Tissue Impedance Measurements through Modeling of Fluid Flow During Viscoelastic Relaxation

Enhancing Tissue Impedance Measurement through Modeling of Fluid Flow During Viscoelastic Relaxation

Enhancing Tissue Impedance Measurement through Modeling of Fluid Flow During Viscoelastic Relaxation 789 444 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
This work proposes a model based on differential equations accounting for fluid outflow in tissue under deformation and its impact on impedance measurements used for cancerous tissue differentiation. read more
Electromechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissues: A Potential Biomarker for Tumor Delineation

Electromechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissues: A Potential Biomarker for Tumor Delineation

Electromechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissues: A Potential Biomarker for Tumor Delineation 789 444 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
The study demonstrates that simultaneous electromechanical characterization of brain tumors and normal brain tissues can be an effective biomarker for tumor delineation, grading, and studying heterogeneity between the brain regions. read more

Automated In Vivo Sub-Hertz Analysis of Viscoelasticity (SAVE) for Evaluation of Breast Lesions

Author(s)3: Mahdi Bayat, Alireza Nabavizadeh, Viksit Kumar, Adriana Gregory, Michael Insana, Azra Alizad, Mostafa Fatemi
Automated In Vivo Sub-Hertz Analysis of Viscoelasticity (SAVE) for Evaluation of Breast Lesions 170 177 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)

Many 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…

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Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Mechanical Properties of Single Cells Using AFM by Indentation and Vibration

Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Mechanical Properties of Single Cells Using AFM by Indentation and Vibration

Author(s)3: Chuang Zhang, Jialin Shi, Wenxue Wang, Ning Xi, Yuechao Wang, Lianqing Liu
Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Mechanical Properties of Single Cells Using AFM by Indentation and Vibration 170 177 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)

Cells, as the elementary units of living organisms, are regulated and governed by genes, biological processes and various microenvironments, and their status reflects the organism’s physiological situation and affects the…

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Automated Compression Device for Viscoelasticity Imaging

Automated Compression Device for Viscoelasticity Imaging

Author(s)3: Alireza Nabavizadeh, Randall R. Kinnick, Mahdi Bayat, carolinaamador, Matthew W. Urban, Azra Alizad, Mostafa Fatemi
Automated Compression Device for Viscoelasticity Imaging 170 177 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)

Such 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…

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