Mechanical properties of whole-body soft human tissues: a review

G Singh, A Chanda - Biomedical Materials, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanical properties of soft tissues play a key role in studying human injuries and their
mitigation strategies. While such properties are indispensable for computational modelling …

Pulmonary vascular wall stiffness: an important contributor to the increased right ventricular afterload with pulmonary hypertension

Z Wang, NC Chesler - Pulmonary circulation, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with structural and mechanical changes in the
pulmonary vascular bed that increase right ventricular (RV) afterload. These changes …

[BUKU][B] The mathematics and mechanics of biological growth

A Goriely - 2017 - books.google.com
This monograph presents a general mathematical theory for biological growth. It provides
both a conceptual and a technical foundation for the understanding and analysis of …

Quantitative characterization of viscoelastic properties of human prostate correlated with histology

M Zhang, P Nigwekar, B Castaneda, K Hoyt… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2008 - Elsevier
Quantification of mechanical properties of human prostate tissue is important for develo**
sonoelastography for prostate cancer detection. In this study, we characterized the …

Strong triaxial coupling and anomalous Poisson effect in collagen networks

E Ban, H Wang, JM Franklin… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
While cells within tissues generate and sense 3D states of strain, the current understanding
of the mechanics of fibrous extracellular matrices (ECMs) stems mainly from uniaxial, biaxial …

The influence of plaque composition on underlying arterial wall stress during stent expansion: the case for lesion-specific stents

I Pericevic, C Lally, D Toner, DJ Kelly - Medical engineering & physics, 2009 - Elsevier
Intracoronary stent implantation is a mechanical procedure, the success of which depends to
a large degree on the mechanical properties of each vessel component involved and the …

Changes in the mechanical and biochemical properties of aortic tissue due to cold storage

MJ Chow, Y Zhang - Journal of Surgical Research, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Temporary cold storage is a common procedure for preserving tissues for a
short time before using them in a clinical or experimental setting. The process of storing …

Planar biaxial characterization of diseased human coronary and carotid arteries for computational modeling

MH Kural, M Cai, D Tang, T Gwyther, J Zheng… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Computational models have the potential to provide precise estimates of stresses and
strains associated with sites of coronary plaque rupture. However, lack of adequate …

The impact of long term freezing on the mechanical properties of porcine aortic tissue

SA O'Leary, BJ Doyle, TM McGloughlin - Journal of the mechanical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Preservation of the native artery׳ s functionality can be important in both clinical
and experimental applications. Although, simple cryopreservation techniques offer an …

Circumferential variations of mechanical behavior of the porcine thoracic aorta during the inflation test

J Kim, S Baek - Journal of biomechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
We developed an extension-inflation experimental apparatus with a stereo vision system
and a stress–strain analysis method to determine the regional mechanical properties of a …