Uniaxial tensile testing approaches for characterisation of atherosclerotic plaques

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 793-804

  Walsh, M T ^a   Cunnane, E M ^a   Mulvihill, J J ^a   Akyildiz, A C ^b   Gijsen, F J H ^b   Holzapfel, G A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artery; Atherosclerotic plaque; Biomechanics; Uniaxial test

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING; TISSUE;

ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; POST-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING; UNIAXIAL TESTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOLYSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID COMPOSITION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; UNIAXIAL TEST;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84894649638     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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