Design of a mechanical larynx with agarose as a soft tissue substitute for vocal fold applications

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Choo, J Q ^a   Lau, D P C ^b   Chui, C K ^a   Yang, T ^a   Chng, C B ^a   Teoh, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agarose; Mechanical larynx; Surgical experimentation; Vocal fold substitute

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONSTANT AMPLITUDE; FLOW CHANNELS; FUTURE ASSESSMENT; HYPER ELASTIC; LATERAL EXPANSION; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MECHANICAL MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOFT TISSUE; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; VOCAL FOLD VIBRATION; VOCAL FOLDS; WOUND CLOSURE;

EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OSCILLATING FLOW; TENSILE STRAIN;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

AGAROSE; SEPHAROSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; SOFT TISSUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOCAL CORD; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; LARYNX; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SEPHAROSE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955114722     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001161     Document Type: Article

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