Towards child versus adult brain mechanical properties

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 166-173

  Chatelin, S ^a   Vappou, J ^a   Roth, S ^a   Raul, J S ^a,b   Willinger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain biomechanics; Child neurotrauma; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT BRAIN; ANIMAL DATA; BRAIN REGIONS; BRAIN SAMPLE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAINSTEM; CHILD NEUROTRAUMA; CORONA RADIATA; HEAD MODEL; HUMAN BRAIN; HUMAN HEAD; LOSS MODULI; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORY SHEAR; PAUCITY OF DATA; PEDIATRIC POPULATION; RHEOLOGICAL DATA; T-TESTS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG CHILDREN;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; NUMERICAL METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SHEAR FLOW; STATISTICAL TESTS; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

BRAIN MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MECHANICS; OSCILLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHEAR RATE; THALAMUS; VISCOELASTICITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155191105     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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