Towards more realistic biomechanical modelling of tumours under mammographic compressions

Authors:
Carolina Wessel;Julia A. Schnabel;Sir Michael Brady
Affiliations:
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Venue:
IWDM'10 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Digital Mammography
Year:
2010

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Abstract

In this paper we present a biomechanical model of isolated breast tumours under mammographic compression forces We apply a range of reported mechanical properties, both linear elastic and hyperelastic We also introduce a volume of increased density/stiffness around the tumour These variables have a non-negligible effect on stresses and strains, as shown in this work.