Circumferential variations of mechanical behavior of the porcine thoracic aorta during the inflation test

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1941-1947

  Kim, Jungsil ^a   Baek, Seungik ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Stereo vision system; Strain analysis; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

AORTIC WALLS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL VARIATION; CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; HETEROGENEITY; LONGITUDINAL STRETCH; LOW PRESSURES; MEAN VALUES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; STEREO VISION SYSTEM; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSITION POINT; TRANSMURAL PRESSURE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

ELASTIC MODULI; STEREO VISION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; THORACIC AORTA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 79959526184     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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