From times immemorial manual palpation served as a source of information on the state of
soft tissues and allowed detection of various diseases accompanied by changes in tissue …

Elastography is emerging as an imaging modality that can distinguish normal versus
diseased tissues via their biomechanical properties. This paper reviews current approaches …

We reconstruct the in vivo spatial distribution of linear and nonlinear elastic parameters in
ten patients with benign (five) and malignant (five) tumors. The mechanical behavior of …

Alterations of Young's modulus (YM) and Poisson's ratio (PR) in biological tissues are often
early indicators of the onset of pathological conditions. Knowledge of these parameters has …

Elastography visualizes differences in the biomechanical properties of normal and diseased
tissues (Sarvazyan et al. 1995; Krouskop et al. 1998; Samani et al. 2007; Parker et al. 2011) …

The uncontrolled proliferation of cancer cells causes the growth of the tumor mass.
Consequently, the normal surrounding tissue exerts a compressive force on the tumor mass …

The inverse identification of nonhomogeneous material properties from measured
displacement/strain fields, especially when noise exists, is crucial for both engineering and …

Heel lifts are commonly prescribed to patients with Achilles tendinopathy, yet little is known
about the effect on tendon compressive strain. The purposes of the current study were to (1) …

In biological tissue, an increase in elasticity is often a marker of abnormalities. Techniques
such as quasi-static ultrasound elastography have been developed to assess the strain …

We report a summary of recent developments and current status of our team's efforts to
image and quantify in vivo nonlinear strain and tissue mechanical properties. Our work is …