Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1425-1436 , November 2008

Creating Individual-specific Biomechanical Models of the Breast for Medical Image Analysis

  • Vijay Rajagopal, BE (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland. Level 6, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: V.R.
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  • Angela Lee, BE (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland. Level 6, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Jae-Hoon Chung, BE (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland. Level 6, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Ruth Warren, MD

      Affiliations

    • Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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  • Ralph P. Highnam, BE (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Highnam Associates Ltd, NZ
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  • Martyn P. Nash, BE (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland. Level 6, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Poul M.F. Nielsen, BSc, BE (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland. Level 6, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Received 15 March 2008 ,Accepted 18 July 2008.

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1 Supported by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST, contract UOAX0707).

PII: S1076-6332(08)00422-4

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.07.017

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1425-1436 , November 2008