A new laser reflectance system capable of measuring changing cross-sectional area of soft tissues during tensile testing

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Pokhai, Gabriel G ^a   Oliver, Michele L ^a   Gordon, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Noncontact measurement; Tendons; Tensile testing

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; AVERAGE ERRORS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CASTING METHOD; CIRCULAR PATHS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS SECTIONAL PROFILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; DIFFERENT SIZES; FIRST SYSTEMS; INSTRON; LASER REFLECTANCES; LASER TRANSDUCER; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NON-CONTACT; NONCONTACT MEASUREMENTS; PRELOADS; SERVOHYDRAULIC; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST MACHINE; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING;

BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE;

TENSILE TESTING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LASER REFLECTANCE SYSTEM; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BOVINAE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77956332020     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3194753     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Cronkite, A. E., 1936, "The Tensile Strength of Human Tendons," Anat. Rec., 64(2), pp. 173-186.
2. Butler, D. L., Grood, E. S., Noyes, F. R., Zernicke, R. F., and Brackett, K., 1984, "Effects of Structure and Strain Measurement Technique on the Material Properties of Young Human Tendons and Fascia," J. Biomech., 17(8), pp. 579-596.
3. Goodship, A. E., and Birch, H. L., 2005, "Cross Sectional Area Measurement of Tendon and Ligament In Vitro: A Simple, Rapid, Non-Destructive Technique," J. Biomech., 38(3), pp. 605-608.
4. Njus, G. O., and Njus, N. M., 1986, "A Noncontact Method for Determining Cross-Sectional Area of Soft Tissues," Transactions of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, p. 126.
5. Lee, T. Q., and Woo, S. L., 1988, "A New Method for Determining Cross-Sectional Shape and Area of Soft Tissues," ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 110(2), pp. 110-114.
6. Chan, S. S., 1995, "The Development and Evaluation of a Laser Reflectance System to Determine the Complex Cross-Sectional Shape and Area of Soft Tissues," MS thesis, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
7. Love, C. L., Korvick, D. L., Lanctot, D. R., Agrawal, C. M., and Athanasiou, K. A., 1998, "Design, Validation, and Application of a System to Measure Cross-Sectional Area in the Rat Achilles Tendon," Proceedings of the 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, San Antonio, TX, p. 25.
8. Moon, D. K., Abramowitch, S. D., and Woo, S. L., 2006, "The Development and Validation of a Charge-Coupled Device Laser Reflectance System to Measure the Complex Cross-Sectional Shape and Area of Soft Tissues," J. Biomech., 39(16), pp. 3071-3075.
9. Hashemi, J., Chandrashekar, N., Cowden, C., and Slauterbeck, J., 2005, "An Alternative Method of Anthropometry of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Through 3-D Digital Image Reconstruction," J. Biomech., 38(3), pp. 551-555. (Pubitemid 40126467)
10. Langelier, E., Dupuis, D., Guillot, M., Goulet, F., and Rancourt, R., 2004, "Cross-Sectional Profiles and Volume Reconstructions of Soft Tissues Using Laser Beam Measurements," ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 126, pp. 796-802.
11. Schatzmann, L., Brunner, P., and Stäubli, H. U., 1998, "Effect of Cyclic Preconditioning on the Tensile Properties of Human Quadriceps Tendons and Patellar Ligaments," Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Arthrosc, 6(Suppl. 1), pp. S56-S61.
12. Iaconis, F., Steindler, R., and Marinozzi, G., 1987, "Measurements of Cross-Sectional Area of Collagen Structures (Knee Ligaments) by Means of an Optical Method," J. Biomech., 20(10), pp. 1003-1010. (Pubitemid 18529356)
13. Moon, D. K., Woo, S. L., Takakura, Y., Gabriel, M. T., and Abramowitch, S. D., 2006, "The Effects of Refreezing on the Viscoelastic and Tensile Properties of Ligaments," J. Biomech., 39(6), pp. 1153-1157.
14. Shadwick, R. E., 1990, "Elastic Energy Storage in Tendons: Mechanical Differences Related to Function and Age," J. Appl. Physiol., 68(3), pp. 1033-1040.
15. Woo, S. L., Gomez, M. A., Amiel, D., Ritter, M. A., Gelberman, R. H., and Akeson, W. H., 1981, "The Effects of Exercise on the Biomechanical and Biochemical Properties of Swine Digital Flexor Tendons," ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 103(1), pp. 51-56. (Pubitemid 11082697)
16. Cheung, J. T., and Zhang, M., 2006, "A Serrated Jaw Clamp for Tendon Gripping," Med. Eng. Phys., 28(4), pp. 379-382.