Determining the mechanical properties of rat skin with digital image speckle correlation

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-119

  Guan, E ^a   Smilow, Sarah ^b   Rafailovich, Miriam ^a   Sokolov, Jonathan ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b Smithtown High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation field; Digital image speckle correlation (DISC); Mechanical properties; Reconstructive surgery; Skin

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; OIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREAM; DEVICE; EXCISION; FORCE; FRUIT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION; MATERIAL STATE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLING; SKIN FUNCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TIME; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 1842423314     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076483     Document Type: Article

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