Rheology of the vitreous gel: Effects of macromolecule organization on the viscoelastic properties

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-423

  Sharif Kashani, Pooria ^a   Hubschman, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Sassoon, Daniel ^b   Pirouz Kavehpour, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorheology; Eye; Viscoelasticity; Vitreous gel

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRESS; BIORHEOLOGY; CLOSED ENVIRONMENT; COLLAGEN STRUCTURE; CREEP COMPLIANCE; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; DYNAMIC DEFORMATION; EYE; HUMAN BODIES; HYALURONAN; IN-VIVO; MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; MAIN COMPONENT; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR RHEOMETER; SHORT TIME SCALE; SPECTRUM MODEL; STRESS-STRAIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME-SCALES; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE; VITREOUS GEL; VITREOUS HUMOR;

CREEP; ELASTICITY; MACROMOLECULES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

GELS;

COLLAGEN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTICITY; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; VISCOSITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 78651413982     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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