Indentation test of soft tissues with curved substrates: A finite element study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 535-540

  Lu, M H ^a   Zheng, Yongping P ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Indentation; Limb tissues; Residual limbs; Soft tissue assessment; Ultrasound indentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; SUBSTRATES;

CURVATURES; INDENTATION TESTS; SOFT TISSUES; TISSUE THICKNESS;

TISSUE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCESS MODEL; RADIUS; SOFT TISSUE; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 4444278221     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02350996     Document Type: Article

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