Stress-strain measurements and viscoelastic response of blood vessels cryopreserved by vitrification

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2077-2086

  Jimenez Rios, Jorge L ^a   Steif, Paul S ^a   Rabin, Yoed ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Cryopreservation; DMSO; Mechanical testing; Viscoelasticity; Vitrification; VS55

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; TENSILE STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DMSO; VS55;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 36448988272     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9372-0     Document Type: Article

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