The collagen fibril architecture in the lamina cribrosa and peripapillary sclera predicted by a computational remodeling approach

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-382

  Grytz, Rafael ^a,b   Meschke, Günther ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen fibril networks; Fiber dispersion; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Lamina cribrosa; Optic nerve head; Remodeling; Sclera

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRILS; FIBER DISPERSION; GLAUCOMA; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; LAMINA CRIBROSA; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; REMODELING; SCLERA;

BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; EYE PROTECTION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

COLLAGEN;

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; OPTIC DISK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCLERA;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTIC DISK; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79957894233     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0240-8     Document Type: Article

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