A three-dimensional computational model of collagen network mechanics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Byoungkoo ^a   Zhou, Xin ^b   Riching, Kristin ^c,d   Eliceiri, Kevin W ^c   Keely, Patricia J ^c,d   Guelcher, Scott A ^e   Weaver, Alissa M ^f   Jiang, Yi ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; COLLAGEN FIBER NETWORK MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM;

COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84911377031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111896     Document Type: Article

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