Wall stress estimation through biomechanical simulations represents a promising tool to
support aneurysm risk stratification and has the potential to provide a more individual risk …

Human saphenous vein has long been used as coronary artery bypass grafts to survive a
heart arrested by blocked coronary arteries. Biomechanical properties of the saphenous …

A reliable computational model of the human head is necessary for better understanding of
the physical mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI), car-crash investigation …

The mechanical properties of the urinary bladder wall are important to understand its filling-
voiding cycle in health and disease. However, much remains unknown about its mechanical …

A commonly heard concern in the Ross procedure, where a diseased aortic valve is
replaced by the patient's own pulmonary valve, is the possibility of pulmonary autograft …

Finite element models of biomedical applications increasingly use anisotropic hyperelastic
material formulations. Appropriate material parameters are essential for a reliable outcome …

Patient-specific biomechanical modelling can improve preoperative surgical planning. This
requires patient-specific geometry as well as patient-specific material properties as input …

Abstract Annually, over 5.7 million Americans are diagnosed with two IVD-associated
pathologies: IVD herniation (IVDH-a mechanical disruption of the concentric fibrous layers of …