Modelling collagen fibre orientation in porcine skin based upon confocal laser scanning microscopy

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-159

  Jor, Jessica W Y ^a   Nielsen, Poul M F ^a,b   Nash, Martyn P ^a,b   Hunter, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collagen; Confocal microscopy; Skin biomechanics; Von Mises distribution

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; COLLAGEN FIBRES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; LATTICE STRUCTURES; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MODEL PARAMETERS; ORIENTATION DATA; PORCINE SKIN; QUANTITATIVE DATA; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TWO PARAMETER; VON MISES DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMECHANICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DERMIS; NONHUMAN; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; DERMOSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SWINE;

EID: 79953092272     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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