Biomechanical properties of breast tissue, a state-of-the-art review

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Ramiao, NG (Author) Other; Pedro Martins (Author) FEUP; Rynkevic, R (Author) Other; Fernandes, AA (Author) FEUP; Barroso, M (Author) Other; Santos, DC (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Vol. 15

Pages: 1307-1323

ISSN: 1617-7959

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-00K-5VN

DOI: 10.1007/s10237-016-0763-8

Abstract (EN): This paper reviews the existing literature on the tests used to determine the mechanical properties of women breast tissues (fat, glandular and tumour tissue) as well as the different values of these properties. The knowledge of the mechanical properties of breast tissue is important for cancer detection, study and planning of surgical procedures such as surgical breast reconstruction using pre-surgical methods and improving the interpretation of clinical tests. Based on the data collected from the analysed studies, some important conclusions were achieved: (1) the Young's modulus of breast tissues is highly dependent on the tissue preload compression level, and (2) the results of these studies clearly indicate a wide variation in moduli not only among different types of tissue but also within each type of tissue. These differences were most evident in normal fat and fibroglandular tissues.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 17