A novel procedure for the mechanical characterization of the uterine cervix during pregnancy

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-153

  Badir, Sabrina ^a   Bajka, Michael ^c   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspiration experiment; In vivo measurements; Inverse analysis; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL TESTING; TISSUE;

OBSTETRICS;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALTIC PUMP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REACTION; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ASPIRATION EXPERIMENT; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENTS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PREGNANCY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84884137138     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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