scholarly journals Acoustoelasticity in transverse isotropic soft tissues: quantification of muscles' nonlinear elasticity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Bied ◽  
Laurene Jourdain ◽  
Jean-Luc Gennisson
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Elasticity ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Transverse Isotropic

The Convexity Properties of the Fung Model for Soft Tissues

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Patrick Wilber ◽  
Jay R. Walton
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Nonlinear Elasticity ◽  
Continuum Mechanics ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Basic Tool ◽  
Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
Convexity Properties ◽  
Nonlinear Continuum ◽  
Fung Model

Abstract During the last three decades, the theory of nonlinear elasticity has been used extensively to model biological soft tissues. The now widely accepted belief that an understanding of the mechanical properties of these tissues is critical in order to understand the advent, progression, and treatment of disease has driven this research. More recently, those interested in how soft tissues grow and remodel themselves in response to both normal and pathological conditions have used nonlinear continuum mechanics as a basic tool.

scholarly journals A continuum mechanics constitutive framework for transverse isotropic soft tissues

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 209-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Garcia-Gonzalez ◽  
A. Jérusalem ◽  
S. Garzon-Hernandez ◽  
R. Zaera ◽  
A. Arias
Keyword(s):  
Continuum Mechanics ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Transverse Isotropic

Finite element modelling for soft tissues surgery based on nonlinear elasticity behaviour

2004 ◽  
Vol 1268 ◽  
pp. 384-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Tillier ◽  
A. Paccini ◽  
J. Delotte ◽  
M. Durand-Réville ◽  
J.-L. Chenot
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Nonlinear Elasticity ◽  
Finite Element Modelling ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Element Modelling

scholarly journals General Finite-Element Framework of the Virtual Fields Method in Nonlinear Elasticity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Mei ◽  
Jiahao Liu ◽  
Xu Guo ◽  
Brandon Zimmerman ◽  
Thao D. Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Nonlinear Elasticity ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Virtual Fields Method ◽  
Identification Problems ◽  
Unknown Parameters ◽  
Volume Of Interest ◽  
Constitutive Parameters ◽  
Scalar Equations

AbstractThis paper presents a method to derive the virtual fields for identifying constitutive model parameters using the Virtual Fields Method (VFM). The VFM is an approach to identify unknown constitutive parameters using deformation fields measured across a given volume of interest. The general principle for solving identification problems with the VFM is first to derive parametric stress field, where the stress components at any point depend on the unknown constitutive parameters, across the volume of interest from the measured deformation fields. Applying the principle of virtual work to the parametric stress fields, one can write scalar equations of the unknown parameters and solve the obtained system of equations to deduce the values of unknown parameters. However, no rules have been proposed to select the virtual fields in identification problems related to nonlinear elasticity and there are multiple strategies possible that can yield different results. In this work, we propose a systematic, robust and automatic approach to reconstruct the systems of scalar equations with the VFM. This approach is well suited to finite-element implementation and can be applied to any problem provided that full-field deformation data are available across a volume of interest. We also successfully demonstrate the feasibility of the novel approach by multiple numerical examples. Potential applications of the proposed approach are numerous in biomedical engineering where imaging techniques are commonly used to observe soft tissues and where alterations of material properties are markers of diseased states.

On the elasticity of transverse isotropic soft tissues (L)

2011 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 2757-2760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Royer ◽  
Jean-Luc Gennisson ◽  
Thomas Deffieux ◽  
Mickaël Tanter
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Transverse Isotropic

scholarly journals General Finite-Element Framework of the Virtual Fields Method in Nonlinear Elasticity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Mei ◽  
Jiahao Liu ◽  
Xu Guo ◽  
Brandon Zimmerman ◽  
Thao D Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Nonlinear Elasticity ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Virtual Fields Method ◽  
Identification Problems ◽  
Unknown Parameters ◽  
Volume Of Interest ◽  
Constitutive Parameters ◽  
Scalar Equations

This paper presents a method to derive the virtual fields for identifying constitutive model parameters using the Virtual Fields Method (VFM). The VFM is an approach to identify unknown constitutive parameters using deformation fields measured across a given volume of interest. The general principle for solving identification problems with the VFM is first to derive parametric stress field, where the stress components at any point depend on the unknown constitutive parameters, across the volume of interest from the measured deformation fields. Applying the principle of virtual work to the parametric stress fields, one can write scalar equations of the unknown parameters and solve the obtained system of equations to deduce the values of unknown parameters. However, no rules have been proposed to select the virtual fields in identification problems related to nonlinear elasticity and there are multiple strategies possible that can yield different results. In this work, we propose a systematic, robust and automatic approach to reconstruct the systems of scalar equations with the VFM. This approach is well suited to finite-element implementation and can be applied to any problem provided that full-field deformation data are available across a volume of interest. We also successfully demonstrate the feasibility of the novel approach by multiple numerical examples. Potential applications of the proposed approach are numerous in biomedical engineering where imaging techniques are commonly used to observe soft tissues and where alterations of material properties are markers of diseased states.

Rapid Critical Point Drying of Tissues in a Parr Bomb

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 400-401
Author(s):  
C.A. Baechler ◽  
W. C. Pitchford ◽  
J. M. Riddle ◽  
C.B. Boyd ◽  
H. Kanagawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Critical Pressure ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Biological Tissues ◽  
Critical Temperatures ◽  
Air Drying ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Point Drying ◽  
Great Stress ◽  
Infiltration Techniques

Preservation of the topographic ultrastructure of soft biological tissues for examination by scanning electron microscopy has been accomplished in the past by using lengthy epoxy infiltration techniques, or dehydration in ethanol or acetone followed by air drying. Since the former technique requires several days of preparation and the latter technique subjects the tissues to great stress during the phase change encountered during air-drying, an alternate rapid, economical, and reliable method of surface structure preservation was developed. Turnbill and Philpott had used a fluorocarbon for the critical point drying of soft tissues and indicated the advantages of working with fluids having both moderately low critical pressures as well as low critical temperatures. Freon-116 (duPont) which has a critical temperature of 19. 7 C and a critical pressure of 432 psi was used in this study.

SEM analysis of fish scale cross sections: A technique study

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 744-745
Author(s):  
M.E. Lee ◽  
A. Moller ◽  
P.S.O. Fouche ◽  
I.G Gaigher
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Fish Scale ◽  
Fish Scales ◽  
Micro Structures ◽  
Scanning Electron

Scanning electron microscopy of fish scales has facilitated the application of micro-structures to systematics. Electron microscopy studies have added more information on the structure of the scale and the associated cells, many problems still remain unsolved, because of our incomplete knowledge of the process of calcification. One of the main purposes of these studies has been to study the histology, histochemistry, and ultrastructure of both calcified and decalcified scales, and associated cells, and to obtain more information on the mechanism of calcification in the scales. The study of a calcified scale with the electron microscope is complicated by the difficulty in sectioning this material because of the close association of very hard tissue with very soft tissues. Sections often shatter and blemishes are difficult to avoid. Therefore the aim of this study is firstly to develop techniques for the preparation of cross sections of fish scales for scanning electron microscopy and secondly the application of these techniques for the determination of the structures and calcification of fish scales.

Biological and biomedical applications of collagenous biomaterials

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 856-857
Author(s):  
Yasushi P. Kato ◽  
Michael G. Dunn ◽  
Frederick H. Silver ◽  
Arthur J. Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Collagen Fibers ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Cover Slip ◽  
Fibroblast Migration ◽  
Cellular Expression ◽  
Defect Repair

Collagenous biomaterials have been used for growing cells in vitro as well as for augmentation and replacement of hard and soft tissues. The substratum used for culturing cells is implicated in the modulation of phenotypic cellular expression, cellular orientation and adhesion. Collagen may have a strong influence on these cellular parameters when used as a substrate in vitro. Clinically, collagen has many applications to wound healing including, skin and bone substitution, tendon, ligament, and nerve replacement. In this report we demonstrate two uses of collagen. First as a fiber to support fibroblast growth in vitro, and second as a demineralized bone/collagen sponge for radial bone defect repair in vivo.For the in vitro study, collagen fibers were prepared as described previously. Primary rat tendon fibroblasts (1° RTF) were isolated and cultured for 5 days on 1 X 15 mm sterile cover slips. Six to seven collagen fibers, were glued parallel to each other onto a circular cover slip (D=18mm) and the 1 X 15mm cover slip populated with 1° RTF was placed at the center perpendicular to the collagen fibers. Fibroblast migration from the 1 x 15mm cover slip onto and along the collagen fibers was measured daily using a phase contrast microscope (Olympus CK-2) with a calibrated eyepiece. Migratory rates for fibroblasts were determined from 36 fibers over 4 days.

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