A micromechanical comparison of human and porcine skin before and after preservation by freezing for medical device development

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ranamukhaarachchi, S A ^a   Lehnert, S ^a,b   Ranamukhaarachchi, S L ^c   Sprenger, L ^b   Schneider, T ^a   Mansoor, I ^a   Rai, K ^d   Hafeli U O ^a   Stoeber, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine   (Sri Lanka)

^d False Creek Healthcare Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; NEEDLE; PIG; PROCEDURES; SKIN; TISSUE PRESERVATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; NEEDLES; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SWINE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 84984688979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep32074     Document Type: Article

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