A novel method for visualising and quantifying through-plane skin layer deformations

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-207

  Gerhardt, L C ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Sanz Herrera, J A ^b   Baaijens, F P T ^a   Ansari, T ^c   Peters, G W M ^a   Oomens, C W J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c NORTHWICK PARK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermis; Digital image correlation; Epidermis; Porcine skin; Rheometer; Shear modulus; Through thickness shear strain

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES; DERMIS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL TESTING; EPIDERMIS; GRADUAL TRANSITION; HUMAN SKIN; IMAGE CORRELATIONS; LOCAL STRAINS; MULTILAYER COMPOSITE; NEEDLE INSERTION; PILOT STUDIES; PORCINE SKIN; REAL-TIME VIDEO RECORDING; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETER; SKIN DEFORMATION; SKIN LAYER; SKIN TISSUE; STIFFNESS PROFILES; STRAIN FIELD ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL TESTING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPIDERMIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MALFORMATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84866651581     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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