Multi-scale techniques of measuring the dynamic properties of biological tissues

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 297-309

  Lakshmanan, V ^a   Yang, T H J ^a   Reuben, R L ^a   Hammer, J ^b   Else, R W ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; Biological materials; Structure property relationships; Tissue mimic

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750252349     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2006-144-512     Document Type: Article

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