Modeling of elastic modulus evolution of cirrhotic human liver

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1854-1856

  Yin, H M ^a   Sun, L Z ^a   Wang, G ^b   Vannier, M W ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Constitutive modeling; Finite deformation; Liver elastic properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

HUMAN LIVERS; HYPERELASTICITY; PATHOLOGICAL STAGES; TISSUE MATRIX;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STRUCTURE; MECHANICS; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 4644232464     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.828052     Document Type: Article

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