References
- Parkin D. M., Bray F. I., Devesa S. S. Cancer burden in the year 2000. The global picture. European Journal of Cancer 2001; 37: S4–S66
- Kawakami J., Siemens D. R., Nickel J. C. Prostatitis and prostate cancer: Implications for prostate cancer screening. Urology 2004; 64: 1075–1080
- Aarnink R. G., Beerlage H. P., Rosette J. J.M.C.H.D.L., Debruyne F. M.J., Wijkstra H. Transrectal ultrasound of the prostate: Innovations and future applications. Journal of Urology 1998; 159: 1568–1579
- Schröder F. H., van der Maas P., Beemsterboer P., Kruger A. B., Hoedemaeker R., Rietbergen J., Kranse R. Evaluation of the digital rectal examination as a screening test for prostate cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1998; 90: 1817–1823
- Phipps S., Yang T. H.J., Habib F. K., Reuben R. L., McNeill S. A. Measurement of the mechanical characteristics of benign prostatic tissue: A novel method for assessing benign prostatic disease. Urology 2005; 65: 1024–1028
- Phipps S., Yang T. H.J., Habib F. K., Reuben R. L., McNeill S. A. Measurement of tissue mechanical characteristics to distinguish between benign and malignant prostatic disease. Urology 2005; 66: 447–450
- Omata S., Terunuma Y. New tactile sensor like the human hand and its applications. Sensors and Actuators A 1992; 35: 9–15
- Lindahl O. A., Omata S. Impression technique for the assessment of oedema: comparison with a new tactile sensor that measures physical properties of tissue. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 1995; 33: 27–32
- Eklund A., Bergh A., Lindahl O. A. A catheter tactile sensor for measuring hardness of soft tissue: measurements in a silicone model and in an in vitro human prostate model. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 1999; 37: 618–624
- Jalkanen V., Andersson B. M., Bergh A., Ljungberg B., Lindahl O. A. Resonance sensor measurements of stiffness variations in prostate tissue in vitro—a weighted tissue proportion model. Physiological Measurement 2006; 27: 1373–1386
- Lindberg P., Andersson B., Bergh A., Ljungberg B., Lindahl O. Prostate cancer detection with an improved resonance sensor system: parameter evaluation in a silicone model and on human prostate tissue in vitro. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2006; 44(12)1053–1059
- Johnson R. A., Wichern D. W. Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis, 5th edn. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 2002
- Geladi P., Kowalski B. R. Partial least-squares regression: a tutorial. Analytica Chimica Acta 1986; 185: 1–17