Medical Image Analysis
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 1-27 , March 2002

Methods for modeling and predicting mechanical deformations of the breast under external perturbations

  • Fred S. Azar

      Affiliations

    • Department of BioEngineering, University of Pennsylvania, 120 Hayden Hall, 3320 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 2231 Kaitlyn Court, West Windsor, NJ 08550, USA. Tel.: +1-609-750-0565
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  • Dimitris N. Metaxas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania, 200 South 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Mitchell D. Schnall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, MRI Bldg. 1 Founders, 3400 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 18 May 2001 ,Accepted 31 August 2001.

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