A nonlinear finite-element model of the newborn ear canal

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3789-3798

  Qi, Li ^a   Liu, Hengjin ^a   Lutfy, Justyn ^a   Funnell, W Robert J ^a   Daniel, Sam J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POISSON RATIO;

HYPERELASTIC MODEL; TYMPANOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; VOLUME CHANGE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TYMPANOMETRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CARTILAGE; EAR CANAL; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750979156     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2363944     Document Type: Article

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