Inverse finite element characterization of the human myometrium derived from uniaxial compression experiments

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Weiss, Stephan ^a   Niederer, Peter ^a   Nava, Alessandro ^a   Caduff, Rosmarie ^b   Bajka, Michael ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compression experiment; Compressive behavior; Inverse finite element; Myometrium; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROFLUIDICS;

COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); LOW STRAINS; MYOMETRIUM; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

STRAIN RATE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVARIABILITY; INTRAVARIABILITY; MYOMETRIUM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARAMETER; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE SECTION; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION; UTERUS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOMETRIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 44949203486     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2008.006     Document Type: Article

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