Computational modelling of drug delivery to solid tumour: Understanding the interplay between chemotherapeutics and biological system for optimised delivery …

W Zhan, M Alamer, XY Xu - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Drug delivery to solid tumour involves multiple physiological, biochemical and biophysical
processes taking place across a wide range of length and time scales. The therapeutic …

Fast porous visco-hyperelastic soft tissue model for surgery simulation: application to liver surgery

S Marchesseau, T Heimann, S Chatelin… - Progress in biophysics …, 2010 - Elsevier
Understanding and modeling liver biomechanics represents a significant challenge due to
its complex nature. In this paper, we tackle this issue in the context of real-time surgery …

Using indentation to characterize the poroelasticity of gels

Y Hu, X Zhao, JJ Vlassak, Z Suo - Applied Physics Letters, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
When an indenter is pressed into a gel to a fixed depth, the solvent in the gel migrates, and
the force on the indenter relaxes. Within the theory of poroelasticity, the force relaxation …

On the characterization of the heterogeneous mechanical response of human brain tissue

AE Forte, SM Gentleman, D Dini - Biomechanics and modeling in …, 2017 - Springer
The mechanical characterization of brain tissue is a complex task that scientists have tried to
accomplish for over 50 years. The results in the literature often differ by orders of magnitude …

Viscoelasticity and poroelasticity in elastomeric gels

Y Hu, Z Suo - Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2012 - Springer
An elastomeric gel is a mixture of a polymer network and a solvent. In response to changes
in mechanical forces and in the chemical potential of the solvent in the environment, the gel …

Microneedle patch capable of dual drug release for drug delivery to brain tumors

R Mousavi, M Soltani, M Souri - Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2024 - Springer
Primary brain tumors are mostly managed using surgical resection procedures.
Nevertheless, in certain cases, a thin layer of tumors may remain outside of the resection …

Spatiotemporal multi-scale modeling of radiopharmaceutical distributions in vascularized solid tumors

M Kiani Shahvandi, M Soltani, F Moradi Kashkooli… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We present comprehensive mathematical modeling of radiopharmaceutical spatiotemporal
distributions within vascularized solid tumors. The novelty of the presented model is at …

Distinguishing poroelasticity and viscoelasticity of brain tissue with time scale

L Su, M Wang, J Yin, F Ti, J Yang, C Ma, S Liu, TJ Lu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Brain tissue is considered to be biphasic, with approximately 80% liquid and 20% solid
matrix, thus exhibiting viscoelasticity due to rearrangement of the solid matrix and …

Efficient drug delivery to hypoxic tumors using thermosensitive liposomes with encapsulated anti-cancer drug under high intensity pulsed ultrasound

P Namakshenas, A Mojra - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor half-life, short circulation, systemic toxicity, insufficient accumulation, and ultimately
weak therapeutic response are the most important obstacles in the conventional …

Analysis of magneto-hyperthermia duration in nano-sized drug delivery system to solid tumors using intravascular-triggered thermosensitive-liposome

M Souri, F Moradi Kashkooli, M Soltani - Pharmaceutical Research, 2022 - Springer
Computational models have been developed as a potential platform to identify bio-
interactions that cannot be properly understood by experimental models. In the present …