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| Title |
Monte Carlo simulations shed light on Bathsheba's suspect breast
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Biophotonics, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1002/jbio.201200147 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michelle Heijblom, Linda M. Meijer, Ton G. van Leeuwen, Wiendelt Steenbergen, Srirang Manohar |
| Abstract |
In 1654, Rembrandt van Rijn painted his famous painting Bathsheba at her Bath. Over the years, the depiction of Bathsheba's left breast and especially the presence of local discoloration, has generated debate on whether Rembrandt's Bathsheba suffered from breast cancer. Historical, medical and artistic arguments appeared to be not sufficient to prove if Bathsheba's model truly suffered from breast cancer. However, the bluish discoloration of the breast is an intriguing aspect from a biomedical optics point of view that might help us ending the old debate. By using Monte Carlo simulations in combination with the retinex theory of color vision, we showed that is highly unlikely that breast cancer results in a local bluish discoloration of the skin as is present on Bathsheba's breast. (© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim). |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 6% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 16 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 4 | 22% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 17% |
| Professor | 3 | 17% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 11% |
| Other | 2 | 11% |
| Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 44% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 4 | 22% |
| Psychology | 1 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Engineering | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 May 2013.
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#16,344,451
of 24,851,605 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Biophotonics
#817
of 2,330 outputs
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#185,997
of 289,390 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Biophotonics
#19
of 40 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,330 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its peers.
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