When whole human blood is subjected to viscometric flow, individual red cells are seen to be elongated and oriented in the shear field. In addition, a tank tread-like motion of the membrane around the cell content occurs. In dilute suspensions of erythrocytes in viscous media, the same behavior is better observed and can also be measured quantitatively.

Our data demonstrates that the complementary use of sonoelastography definitely improves the performance in breast diagnostics. Finally we present a protocol of how sonoelastography can be integrated into our daily practice.

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