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Breast tumor detection and differentiation using piezoelectric fingers
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| Title: | Breast tumor detection and differentiation using piezoelectric fingers |
| Authors: | Yegingil, Hakki O.
Shih, Wan Y.
Shih, Wei-Heng
Brooks, Ari D. |
| Keywords: | Diagnostics
Testing
Therapeutics |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Citation: | Poster presented at Biomedical Technology Showcase 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved 18 Aug 2006 from http://www.biomed.drexel.edu/new04/Content/Biomed_Tech_Showcase/Poster_Presentations/W.Y.Shih_1.pdf. |
| Abstract: | A piezoelectric finger (PEF) is a piezoelectric cantilever consisting of a driving and a sensing piezoelectric layer such as lead zirconate titanate (PZT) bonded to nonpiezoelectric layer, e.g., stainless steel. With the dual electrode design, a PEF can both apply a force and detect the resultant displacement with one single device. We have demonstrated that a PEF can measure both the elastic and shear moduli of tissues. Furthermore, we can locate and determine the size of a tumor non-invasively. By comparing the shear and elastic moduli of a tumor, we have the potential to differentiate malignant tumors from benign ones non-invasively. This unique ability of PEF stands to greatly aid tumor malignancy test accuracy. |
| Description: | Item from the Biomedical Technology Showcase held July 20, 2006 at Drexel University's Bossone Research Enterprise Center. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/958 |
| Appears in Collections: | Biomedical Technology Showcase, 2006
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