Tissue Quality Assessment Using a Novel Direct Elasticity Assessment Device (The E-Finger): A Cadaveric Study of Prostatectomy Dissection

Daniel W. Good; Ashfaq Khan; Steven Hammer; Paul Scanlan; Wenmiao Shu; Simon Phipps; Simon H. Parson; Grant D. Stewart; Robert Reuben; S. Alan McNeill

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112872

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Tissue Quality Assessment Using a Novel Direct Elasticity Assessment Device (The E-Finger): A Cadaveric Study of Prostatectomy Dissection

Daniel W. Good ,

* E-mail: daniel.good@ed.ac.uk

Affiliations Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH2 4XU, United Kingdom, Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Ashfaq Khan,

Current address: Department of Anatomy, Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3HF, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Steven Hammer,

Affiliation School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Paul Scanlan,

Affiliation School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Wenmiao Shu,

Affiliation School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Simon Phipps,

Affiliations Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH2 4XU, United Kingdom, Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Simon H. Parson,

Current address: Department of Anatomy, Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3HF, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Grant D. Stewart,

Affiliations Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH2 4XU, United Kingdom, Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Robert Reuben,

Affiliation School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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S. Alan McNeill

Affiliations Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH2 4XU, United Kingdom, Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Tissue Quality Assessment Using a Novel Direct Elasticity Assessment Device (The E-Finger): A Cadaveric Study of Prostatectomy Dissection

Daniel W. Good,
Ashfaq Khan,
Steven Hammer,
Paul Scanlan,
Wenmiao Shu,
Simon Phipps,
Simon H. Parson,
Grant D. Stewart,
Robert Reuben,
S. Alan McNeill

Published: November 10, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112872

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