On the deformation behavior of human amnion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1777-1783

  Buerzle, Wilfried ^a   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Fetal membrane; Kinematics; Network; Poisson's ratio

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; FETAL MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; POISSON'S RATIO; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; KINEMATICS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POISSON RATIO; TENSILE TESTING;

DEFORMATION;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMABILITY; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; POISSON RATIO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TENSION; UTERUS CAVITY;

CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; FETAL MEMBRANE; KINEMATICS; NETWORK; POISSON'S RATIO;

AMNION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84880036910     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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