Eccentric rheometry for viscoelastic characterization of small, soft, anisotropic, and irregularly shaped biopolymer gels and tissue biopsies

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1654-1665

  Cirka, Heather A ^a   Koehler, Stephan A ^b   Farr, William W ^c   Billiar, Kristen L ^a,d  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Collagen gel; Rheometry; Stiffness; Tissue biopsy; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

AXIS OF ROTATION; BIOPOLYMER GELS; BLOOD CLOTS; CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS; COLLAGEN GELS; G-VALUES; HUMAN PATIENTS; IRREGULAR SHAPE; LOW MODULUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; RHEOMETRY; RIGHT ANGLE PRISM; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETRY; TISSUE BIOPSIES; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE REMODELING; VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; BIOPSY; GELS; RHEOMETERS; SILICONES; STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

TISSUE;

VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

ANISOTROPY; BIOPSY; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RHEOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84864559457     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0532-5     Document Type: Article

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