Variations in local elastic modulus along the length of the aorta as observed by use of a scanning haptic microscope (SHM)

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 276-283

  Moriwaki, Takeshi ^a,b   Oie, Tomonori ^a,c   Takamizawa, Keiichi ^a   Murayama, Yoshinobu ^d   Fukuda, Toru ^d   Omata, Sadao ^d   Kanda, Keiichi ^e   Nakayama, Yasuhide ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shinkan Kogyo Co   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Elastic modulus; Extracellular matrix; Micromechanics; Microscope

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; EMBEDDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING HAPTIC MICROSCOPE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; AORTA; DOGS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE;

EID: 84855262274     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-011-0596-2     Document Type: Article

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