TY - JOUR
T1 - Image-based multiscale structural models of fibrous engineered tissues.
AU - Sander, Edward A.
AU - Tranquillo, Robert T.
AU - Barocas, Victor H.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - While it is firmly established that the mechanical behavior of most biological tissues, including bioengineered tissues, is governed by an underlying network of protein fibers, it is still not clear how best to obtain and utilize structural information to predict mechanical response. In this paper, methods are presented to (1) quantify the fiber arrangement in a tissue from different imaging tools, (2) incorporate that structure into a multiscale model, and (3) solve the model equations to predict both the microscopic and the macroscopic tissue response. In principle these concepts could be applied to any tissue (incorporating the specific tissue components as needed), but for demonstration purposes, the focus of the current work is on cell-compacted collagen gel, a model engineered tissue.
AB - While it is firmly established that the mechanical behavior of most biological tissues, including bioengineered tissues, is governed by an underlying network of protein fibers, it is still not clear how best to obtain and utilize structural information to predict mechanical response. In this paper, methods are presented to (1) quantify the fiber arrangement in a tissue from different imaging tools, (2) incorporate that structure into a multiscale model, and (3) solve the model equations to predict both the microscopic and the macroscopic tissue response. In principle these concepts could be applied to any tissue (incorporating the specific tissue components as needed), but for demonstration purposes, the focus of the current work is on cell-compacted collagen gel, a model engineered tissue.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334586
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334586
M3 - Article
C2 - 19965027
AN - SCOPUS:77950984187
SN - 1557-170X
SP - 4270
EP - 4272
JO - Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
JF - Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
T2 - 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Y2 - 2 September 2009 through 6 September 2009
ER -