Deformation mechanisms of human amnion: Quantitative studies based on second harmonic generation microscopy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1606-1613

  Mauri, Arabella ^a   Ehret, Alexander E ^a   Perrini, Michela ^a,b   Maake, Caroline ^c   Ochsenbein Kölble, Nicole ^b   Ehrbar, Martin ^b   Oyen, Michelle L ^d   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human amnion; In situ experiments; Mechanical behavior; SHG microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; DEFORMATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

DEFORMATION AND FAILURES; HUMAN AMNION; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPIES (SHG); THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSTRUCTURES;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

COLLAGEN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL MEMBRANE DEFORMATION; FETUS MEMBRANE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; BIOMECHANICS; ENTROPY; FEMALE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMNION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84930536794     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.01.045     Document Type: Article

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