 Letters to the EditorIn vivo analysis of fracture toughness of thyroid gland tumorsNagesh Ragavendra1 1 Department of Radiology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Box 957437, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 2 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 3 Pathology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Box 957437, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 4 Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Box 957437, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 5 Surgery, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Box 957437, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 6 Biostatistics The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Box 957437, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Journal of Biological Engineering 2008, 2:12doi:10.1186/1754-1611-2-12
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This movie clip demonstrates the technique of manual probing of the solid thyroid tumor with a fine needle. Note the apparent ease with which the needle travels through a non-cancerous tumor. In contrast, a cancerous tumor offers substantial resistance to needle insertion and penetration. Remarkable differences in haptic force cues were apparent between cancerous and benign tumors. Format: MOV Size: 7.9MB Download file Playing the movie within this page requires QuickTime and JavaScript. Read more  |
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