Compressive mechanical properties of atherosclerotic plaques - Indentation test to characterise the local anisotropic behaviour

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 784-792

  Chai, Chen Ket ^a   Speelman, Lambert ^b   Oomens, Cees W J ^a   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Compressive properties; Finite element method; Indentation; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE;

ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIOURS; ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS; COMPRESSIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; INVERSE FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; PLAQUE RUPTURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDENTATION; PLAQUE RUPTURE;

ANISOTROPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84894666604     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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