Biomechanical model of human cornea based on stromal microstructure

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 836-842

  Studer, H ^a   Larrea, X ^a   Riedwyl, H ^b   Buchler P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ISS AG Integrated Scientific Services   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisotropic data; Biomechanics; Collagen fibers; Continuum mechanics; Cornea; Directional dependence; FEM; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DATA; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBERS; CORNEA; DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE;

ANISOTROPY; BIOPHYSICS; COLLAGEN; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCATTERING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; STROMA CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77549088524     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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