Biomechanical properties of different segments of human umbilical cord vein and its value for clinical application

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-97

  Li, Wen Chun ^a   Ruan, Xu Zhi ^a   Zhang, Hong Mei ^a   Zeng, Yan Jun ^b  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Physics; Stress; Umbilical cord vein; Vascular transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; GYNECOLOGY; TISSUE;

DISTAL SEGMENTS; FETAL ENDS; UMBILICAL CORD VEINS; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCREMENTAL ELASTIC MODULUS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE STRAIN ELASTIC MODULUS; THICKNESS; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VOLUME ELASTIC MODULUS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 30344452337     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30339     Document Type: Article

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