Atomic force microscopy and indentation force measurement of bone

PJ Thurner - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This review is summarizing the results obtained from atomic force microscopy (AFM) and
nanoindentation experiments to date. The combination of both techniques is especially …

Nanomechanical properties of calcification, fibrous tissue, and hematoma from atherosclerotic plaques

DM Ebenstein, D Coughlin, J Chapman… - … Research Part A: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical events such as heart attack and stroke can be caused by the rupture of
atherosclerotic plaques in artery walls. Computational modeling is often used to better …

Position and orientation characteristic equation for topological design of robot mechanisms

TL Yang, AX Liu, Q Jin, YF Luo, HP Shen, LB Hang - 2009 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents the explicit mapping relations between topological structure and
position and orientation characteristic (POC) of mechanism motion output. It deals with (1) …

Elastic properties and apparent density of human edentulous maxilla and mandible

WJ Seong, UK Kim, JQ Swift, YC Heo… - International journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of this study aim was to determine whether elastic properties and apparent density
of bone differ in different anatomical regions of the maxilla and mandible. Additional …

Elastic anisotropy of human cortical bone secondary osteons measured by nanoindentation

G Franzoso, PK Zysset - 2009 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The identification of anisotropic elastic properties of lamellar bone based on
nanoindentation data is an open problem. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to …

Electrospun submicron bioactive glass fibers for bone tissue scaffold

H Lu, T Zhang, XP Wang, QF Fang - Journal of Materials Science …, 2009 - Springer
Submicron bioactive glass fibers 70S30C (70 mol% SiO 2, 30 mol% CaO) acting as bone
tissue scaffolds were fabricated by electrospinning method. The scaffold is a hierarchical …

Nanoindentation of histological specimens: mapping the elastic properties of soft tissues

R Akhtar, N Schwarzer, MJ Sherratt… - Journal of materials …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Although alterations in the gross mechanical properties of dynamic and compliant tissues
have a major impact on human health and morbidity, there are no well-established …

Anatomic variation in the elastic anisotropy of cortical bone tissue in the human femur

AAE Orías, JM Deuerling, MD Landrigan… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Elsevier
Experimental investigations for anatomic variation in the magnitude and anisotropy of elastic
constants in human femoral cortical bone tissue have typically focused on a limited number …

Correlations between physical properties of jawbone and dental implant initial stability

WJ Seong, UK Kim, JQ Swift, JS Hodges… - The Journal of prosthetic …, 2009 - Elsevier
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: There is confusion in the literature about how physical
properties of bone vary between maxillary and mandibular regions and which physical …

[HTML][HTML] The irradiation action on human dental tissue by X-rays and electrons–a nanoindenter study

W Fränzel, R Gerlach - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2009 - Elsevier
It is known that ionizing radiation is used in medicine for Roentgen diagnostics and for
radiation therapy. The radiation interacts with matter, in particular with biological one …