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. 2023 Jun 20;28(6):066002. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.28.6.066002

Table 5.

Functional properties of breast tissues and lesion.

Medium s (%) fb (%) fw (%) ff (%) fm [%]
Fat/ligament/TDLU/duct51 PDEa TN(1.15,0.22,0.91,1.43) TN(29.17,13.11,14,40) 100(fb,fat+fw,fat) 0
Glandular51 PDEa fb,fat fw,fat 0 0
Skin52 98.9 0.39 TN(18.68,1.34,12,25) TN(30.72,3.79,12,48) TN(0.64,0.04,0.44,0.84)
Nipple53 71.28 1.35 TN(45.4,11.7,25.1,76.6) 100(fb,nipple+fw,nipple+fm,nipple) TN(0.82,0.09,0.4,1.24) 52
Artery U(95,99) 36 100 0 0 0
Vein U(75,84) 36 fb,artery 0 0 0
VTC54 TN(69.91,4.99,62.5,76.49) TN(1.64,0.6,0.89,2.93) TN(47.67,20.15,24.14,82.25) 100(fb,VTC+fw,VTC) 0
Necrotic core54 sVTC 0 fw,VTC ff,VTC 0
PA54 PDEa PDEa fw,VTC ff,VTC 0
a

The PDE formulation creates a smooth transition for the tissue property distribution.