Structure-sensitive elastography: on the viscoelastic powerlaw behavior of in vivo human tissue in health and disease

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 9; no. 24; pp. 5672 - 568
• Main Authors: Sack, Ingolf, Jhrens, Korinna, Wrfel, Jens, Braun, Jrgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2013

Elastography combines medical imaging with soft tissue mechanics and is used for the diagnosis of diseases associated with an altered stiffness of affected tissue. Beyond stiffness, dynamic elastography can measure viscoelastic constants sensitive to the network structure of polymers or biological m...