Multiaxial mechanical behavior of the porcine anterior lens capsule

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 168-177

  Heistand, M R ^a   Pedrigi, R M ^a   Delange, S L ^a   Dziezyc, J ^b   Humphrey, J D ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Biomechanics; Cataracts; Stiffness; Stress

Indexed keywords

FORCE-LENGTH TESTS; MULTIAXIAL STRESSES; PORCINE ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE;

BIOMECHANICS; LENSES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LENS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWINE;

ANIMALS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWINE;

EID: 30344449493     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-005-0073-z     Document Type: Article

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