After X-radiography, ultrasound is now the most common of all the medical imaging
technologies. For millennia, manual palpation has been used to assist in diagnosis, but it is …

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 …

The use of hydrogels as support materials for the growth and proliferation of mammalian
cells has been well documented as they closely mimic the gel-like properties–and in some …

A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measure based on the octahedral shear strain (the maximum
shear strain in any plane for a 3D state of strain) is presented for magnetic resonance …

Abstract Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) is a water‐soluble synthetic polymer with excellent film‐
forming, emulsifying, and adhesive properties. The aim of this study is to design a simple …

Abstract Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) is a hydrophilic and biocompatible polymer that can be
crosslinked to form a hydrogel. When physically crosslinked using a freeze–thaw cycling …

The assessment of viscoelastic properties of soft tissues is enjoying a growing interest in the
field of medical imaging as pathologies are often correlated with a local change of stiffness …

Polymeric cryogels, the gels formed in moderately frozen gelling systems, have been
empirically known for many decades, but systematic scientific research on various cryogels …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the
western world. In the last three decades, fluid dynamics investigations have been an …

Arterial stiffness is an independent risk factor found to correlate with a wide range of
cardiovascular diseases. It has been suggested that shear wave elastography (SWE) can be …