Estimating interfacial tension from the shape histories of cells in compressed aggregates: A computational study

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1019-1027

  Yang, Justina ^a   Brodland, G Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregate compression; Cell mechanics; Cell shape; Computational modeling; Interfacial tension

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPES; ANNEALING RATES; CELL MECHANICS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SHAPE ANISOTROPIES; CELL-BASED; COMPRESSION FORCES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INTERFACIAL TENSION; PARALLEL PLATES; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SURFACE CELLS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; ASPECT RATIO; CELLS; DATA COMPRESSION; MECHANICS; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CYTOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

ALGORITHMS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 63949084465     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9649-6     Document Type: Article

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