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PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0253804
Author(s):  
Marco Fiorito ◽  
Daniel Fovargue ◽  
Adela Capilnasiu ◽  
Myrianthi Hadjicharalambous ◽  
David Nordsletten ◽  
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Solid tumour growth is often associated with the accumulation of mechanical stresses acting on the surrounding host tissue. Due to tissue nonlinearity, the shear modulus of the peri-tumoural region inherits a signature from the tumour expansion which depends on multiple factors, including the soft tissue constitutive behaviour and its stress/strain state. Shear waves used in MR-elastography (MRE) sense the apparent change in shear modulus along their propagation direction, thereby probing the anisotropic stiffness field around the tumour. We developed an analytical framework for a heterogeneous shear modulus distribution using a thick-shelled sphere approximation of the tumour and soft tissue ensemble. A hyperelastic material (plastisol) was identified to validate the proposed theory in a phantom setting. A balloon-catheter connected to a pressure sensor was used to replicate the stress generated from tumour pressure and growth while MRE data were acquired. The shear modulus anisotropy retrieved from the reconstructed elastography data confirmed the analytically predicted patterns at various levels of inflation. An alternative measure, combining the generated deformation and the local wave direction and independent of the reconstruction strategy, was also proposed to correlate the analytical findings with the stretch probed by the waves. Overall, this work demonstrates that MRE in combination with non-linear mechanics, is able to identify the apparent shear modulus variation arising from the strain generated by a growth within tissue, such as an idealised model of tumour. Investigation in real tissue represents the next step to further investigate the implications of endogenous forces in tissue characterisation through MRE.


2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1036-1039
Author(s):  
Joel T. Abrahamson ◽  
Chyi-Huey Joshua Yeh ◽  
Aaron T. Hedegaard ◽  
David J. McDaniel

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 103386
Author(s):  
Claudia Comi ◽  
Valentina Zega ◽  
Alberto Corigliano

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-414
Author(s):  
I. B. Badriev ◽  
S. A. Kholmogorov ◽  
M. V. Makarov ◽  
V. N. Paimushin

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