Rheological properties of the tissues of the central nervous system: A review

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1318-1337

  Cheng, Shaokoon ^a   Clarke, Elizabeth C ^a   Bilston, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; Mechanical properties; Rheological properties; Spinal cord; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CNS TISSUES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORDS; SURROGATE MODELS; TENSILE LOADINGS; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ARACHNOID; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPRESSION; DURA MATER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; PIA MATER; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPINAL CORD; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPINAL CORD; VISCOSITY;

EID: 56249141782     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.06.003     Document Type: Review

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