Mechanical impedance of layered tissue

Medical Progress through Technology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages 1-4

  Oka, Hisao ^a   Trie, Takashi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanical properties; Human skin; Model approach; Random vibration

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; IMPEDANCE; MUSCLE; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; THICKNESS; VIBRATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; ELASTICITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GELS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SILICONES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030780923     PISSN: 00476552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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