Compression-dependent viscoelastic behavior of human cervix tissue

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-228

  DeWall, Ryan J ^a,b   Varghese, Tomy ^a,b   Kliewer, Mark A ^c   Harter, Josephine M ^c   Hartenbach, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic testing; Precompression; Storage modulus; Tan ; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

AMPLITUDE COMPRESSION; DYNAMIC COMPRESSION; DYNAMIC TESTING; MECHANICAL DIAGNOSTICS; PRE-COMPRESSION; TESTING FREQUENCIES; VISCO-ELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVIX; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVIX UTERI; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 78649877293     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173461003200402     Document Type: Article

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