Journal
PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 18, Pages 4207-4218Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/18/002
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- NCI NIH HHS [2 T32 CA-09206, T32 CA009206-26, T32 CA009206] Funding Source: Medline
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Mechanical properties of biological tissues are of interest for assessing the performance of elastographic methods that evaluate the stiffness characteristics of tissue. The mechanical properties of interest include the frequency-dependent complex moduli, storage and loss moduli of tissues. Determination of the mechanical properties of biological tissues is often limited by proper geometry of the sample, as well as homogeneity of the stress-strain relationship. Measurements were performed on in vitro canine liver tissue specimens, over a frequency range from 0.1 to 400 Hz. Tests were conducted using an EnduraTEC ELF 3200, a dynamic testing system for determining the mechanical properties of materials. Both normal tissues and thermal lesions prepared by radio frequency ablation were tested. Experiments were conducted by uniaxially compressing tissue samples using Plexiglas platens larger than the specimens and measuring the load response. The resulting moduli spectra were then fit to a modified Kelvin-Voigt model, called the Kelvin-Voigt fractional derivative model. The data agree well with the model and in comparing the results from the normal tissue with that of the thermal lesions, the concept of a complex modulus contrast is introduced and its applications to elastography are discussed.
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