A nonlinear finite-element model of the newborn middle ear

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 337-347

  Qi, Li ^a   Funnell, W Robert J ^a   Daniel, Sam J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRIDGES; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; LIGAMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (ASA); CAVITY VOLUME; CONSTITUTIVE LAWS; HYPER ELASTIC; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MIDDLE EARS; MODEL RESULTS; NONLINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL (NLFEM); NONLINEARITY (INCLUDING BIFURCATION THEORY); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (TM); VOLUME CHANGES; VOLUME DISPLACEMENTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS (IGC: E14/K14);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARDRUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCUS; LIGAMENT; MALLEUS; MIDDLE EAR; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS;

EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47649130533     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2920956     Document Type: Article

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