Scleral anisotropy and its effects on the mechanical response of the optic nerve head

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 941-963

  Coudrillier, Baptiste ^a   Boote, Craig ^b   Quigley, Harry A ^c   Nguyen, Thao D ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation experiment; Inverse finite element method; Optic nerve head; Sclera; Wide angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN; EYE PROTECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; X RAY SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC FEATURES; COLLAGEN FIBER STRUCTURE; COLLAGEN STRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; INFLATION EXPERIMENTS; INVERSE FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; SCLERA; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

DEFORMATION;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCLERAL ANISOTROPY; WIDE ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC DISK; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84896691940     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0455-y     Document Type: Article

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