Study of tracheal collapsibility, compliance and stress by considering its asymmetric geometry

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 328-336

  Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Ochoa, Ignacio ^b   Li, Zhiyong ^c   Doblare, Manuel ^b  

^a Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric; Cartilage; Collapse; Compliance; Stress; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS; ASYMMETRIC; ASYMMETRIC GEOMETRIES; COLLAPSE; COLLAPSE BEHAVIORS; COMPLIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; HISTOLOGICAL IMAGES; IN-VIVO; LOADING CONDITIONS; MEDICAL IMAGES; RELATIVE ERRORS; SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL CARTILAGES;

LIGAMENTS;

CARTILAGE;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEA PRESSURE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; CARTILAGE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRACHEA;

EID: 60749094524     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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