About puncture testing applied for mechanical characterization of fetal membranes

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Bürzle, Wilfried ^a,b   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,b   Moore, John J ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; TISSUE;

DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; FETAL MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL LOADING; MEMBRANE FAILURE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; RESISTANCE TO DEFORMATION; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

MECHANICAL TESTING;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CHORION; DECIDUA; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PUNCTURE; SIMULATION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; BIOMECHANICS; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INJURIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; PREGNANCY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PREGNANCY; PUNCTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84928347925     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4028446     Document Type: Article

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