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ArticleBiomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology2017

Inferring spatial variations of microstructural properties from macroscopic mechanical response.

Tengxiao Liu, Timothy J Hall, Paul E Barbone, Assad A Oberai

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  4. Three-Dimensional Traction Microscopy with a Fiber-Based Constitutive Model.Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering · 2019
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  5. Review of quantitative multiscale imaging of breast cancer.Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) · 2018
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Tengxiao LiuScientific Computation Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
Timothy J HallMedical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Paul E BarboneMechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Assad A OberaiScientific Computation Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. oberaa@rpi.edu.

Funding

Quantitative Mechanical Imaging for Improving Breast Ultrasound DiagnosisR01CA140271 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HALL, TIMOTHY J · 2009 to 2013
$3.0M
Palpation ImagingR01CA100373 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HALL, TIMOTHY J · 2004 to 2008
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA100373NCI NIH HHS R01 CA140271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disease alters tissue microstructure, which in turn affects the macroscopic mechanical properties of tissue. In elasticity imaging, the macroscopic response is measured and is used to infer the spatial distribution of the elastic constitutive parameters. When an empirical constitutive model is used, these parameters cannot be linked to the microstructure. However, when the constitutive model is derived from a microstructural representation of the material, it allows for the possibility of inferring the local averages of the spatial distribution of the microstructural parameters. This idea forms the basis of this study. In particular, we first derive a constitutive model by homogenizing the mechanical response of a network of elastic, tortuous fibers. Thereafter, we use this model in an inverse problem to determine the spatial distribution of the microstructural parameters. We solve the inverse problem as a constrained minimization problem and develop efficient methods for solving it. We apply these methods to displacement fields obtained by deforming gelatin-agar co-gels and determine the spatial distribution of agar concentration and fiber tortuosity, thereby demonstrating that it is possible to image local averages of microstructural parameters from macroscopic measurements of deformation.

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ElasticityModels, BiologicalStress, MechanicalElasticity Imaging TechniquesHumansElasticity imagingGelatin–agar co-gelsHomogenizationMicrostructure imaging

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PMID27655420
PMCPMC5352548

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