In vivo characterization of the mechanics of human uterine cervices

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1101, Issue , 2007, Pages 186-202

  Bauer, Margit ^a   Mazza, Edoardo ^b   Nava, Alessandro ^b   Zeck, Willibald ^a   Eder, Martina ^a   Bajka, Michael ^c   Cacho, Fernando ^d   Lang, Uwe ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^d,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspiration device; Biomechanical properties; In vivo experiment; Remodeling in pregnancy; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANATOMY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 34250651295     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1389.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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