Fiber alignment imaging during mechanical testing of soft tissues

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1221-1233

  Tower, Theodore T ^a   Neidert, Michael R ^a   Tranquillo, Robert T ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutaraldehyde fixation; Imaging; Polarized light microscopy; Tissue fiber alignment; Tissue mechanical testing; Tissue equivalent

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; FRACTURE FIXATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL TESTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

FIBER ALIGNMENT IMAGING; GLUTARALDEHYDE FIXATION; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; TISSUE FIBER ALIGNMENT;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FIBROBLAST; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FIBROBLASTS; GLUTARAL; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE FIXATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036973407     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1527047     Document Type: Article

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