Estimation of the orthotropic elastic properties of the rat eardrum

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 225-234

  Salamati, Ehsan ^a   Agrawal, Sumit K ^b   Samani, Abbas ^a   Ladak, Hanif M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eardrum; Finite element modeling; Indentation testing; Optimization; Orthotropic elastic properties; Pressurization testing

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; EARDRUM; ELASTIC PARAMETERS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; IN-SITU; INDENTATION TESTING; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT CURVE; MODELING ACCURACY; RADIAL DIRECTION; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC DATA; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURIZATION; RATS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

ELASTICITY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; EARDRUM; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INDENTATION BASED TECHNIQUE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOTROPIC ELASTIC PROPERTY; PRESSURIZATION BASED TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84867430393     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1005     Document Type: Article

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