Mechanical characterization of anisotropic planar biological soft tissues using finite indentation: Experimental feasibility

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 422-429

  Cox, Martijn A J ^a   Driessen, Niels J B ^a   Boerboom, Ralf A ^a   Bouten, Carlijn V C ^a   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; Inverse FE; Local characterization; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TENSILE TESTING;

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION; INVERSE FE; LOCAL CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 38449084344     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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