Measured pulmonary arterial tissue stiffness is highly sensitive to AFM indenter dimensions

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 118-127

  Sicard, Delphine ^a   Fredenburgh, Laura E ^b   Tschumperlin, Daniel J ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Elasticity; Lung tissue; Micro indentation; Pulmonary artery; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPROBES; STIFFNESS;

LUNG TISSUE; MICRO INDENTATION; MICROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; PARAMETER SELECTION; PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY TISSUES; PULMONARY VESSELS;

TISSUE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; TISSUE SECTION; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOMECHANICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 85020164564     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.05.039     Document Type: Article

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