… models for measurements of elastic tissue parameters, few tissue types have been … elastic
properties of normal and diseased tissues. There is little information on the elastic properties …

… the mechanical properties of numerous biological tissues. Degradation and mechanical
failure of these tissues has a profound effect on human morbidity and mortality. Soft tissues have …

… or viscosity of tissues. This was a notable deficiency, since the direct palpation of tissues has
for … Out of this motivation, the field of imaging the elastic properties of tissue has grown. This …

… and image the elastic properties of tissue. The biomechanical properties of tissues are vitally
… using either MRI or ultrasound to image the tissue response to some stimulus. A wide range …

We have developed a signal processing technique to map the axial strain distribution
occurring in a medium exposed to a mechanical compression with RF ultrasound signals. This …

… the rubberlike elastic properties, with particular reference to the recent suggestion of a unique
elastic … The mechanical properties of elastic tissue will be considered with reference to the …

… Elastic properties of tissue are often associated with tissue state and maybe used for diagnosis.
Tissue elastic properties … be measured by straining the tissue at low or highfrequency …

… of the tissue region to touch. A means of ' non-invasively imaging elastic modulus (the ratio
of applied stress to strain) anywhere in the body may be useful to distinguish tissues and …

… networks or from modification of the elastic properties of the elastin fibre itself. In §6, we
summarize research relating changes in the mechanical properties of the elastin molecule and …

… In order to understand the effects of structure on elastic properties, hard tissues of various …
In this paper we present the elastic properties of the following hard tissues : the mineral …