Soft tissue elastography via shearing interferometry

Dominic Buchta; Hüseyin Serbes; Daniel Claus; Giancarlo Pedrini; Wolfgang Osten

doi:10.1117/1.JMI.5.4.046001

2 November 2018 Soft tissue elastography via shearing interferometry

Dominic Buchta, Hüseyin Serbes, Daniel Claus, Giancarlo Pedrini, Wolfgang Osten

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Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 5, Issue 4, 046001 (November 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.4.046001

Abstract

Early detection of cancer can significantly increase the survival chances of patients. Palpation is a traditional method in order to detect cancer; however, in minimally invasive surgery the surgeon is deprived of the sense of touch. We demonstrate how shearing elastography can recover elastic parameters and furthermore can be used to localize stiffness imhomogenities even if hidden underneath the surface. Furthermore, the influence of size and depth of the stiffness imhomogenities on the detection accuracy and localization is investigated.

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Dominic Buchta, Hüseyin Serbes, Daniel Claus, Giancarlo Pedrini, and Wolfgang Osten "Soft tissue elastography via shearing interferometry," Journal of Medical Imaging 5(4), 046001 (2 November 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.4.046001

Received: 30 July 2018; Accepted: 10 October 2018; Published: 2 November 2018

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