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Tissue elasticity properties as biomarkers for prostate cancer

2008; IOS Press; Volume: 4; Issue: 4-5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3233/cbm-2008-44-505

1875-8592

Kenneth Hoyt, Benjamín Castañeda, Man Zhang, P. Nigwekar, Paul A. di Sant'Agnese, Jean Joseph, John Strang, Deborah J. Rubens, Kevin J. Parker,

Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications

In this paper we evaluate tissue elasticity as a longstanding but qualitative biomarker for prostate cancer and sonoelastography as an emerging imaging tool for providing qualitative and quantitative measurements of prostate tissue stiffness. A Kelvi