[HTML][HTML] Bridging bench to body: ex vivo models to understand articular cartilage repair

A Trengove, S Duchi, C Onofrillo… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Novel articular cartilage tissue engineering therapies have been
developed.•Integration of engineered tissue with native cartilage is an ongoing …

Cardiac tissue engineering: an emerging approach to the treatment of heart failure

H Rayat Pisheh, FS Nojabaei, A Darvishi… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Heart failure is a major health problem in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to
meet the body's needs. It is a progressive disease that becomes more severe over time and …

A double network AG/P (AAm-AAc)/P2W18 hydrogel with high stretchability for flexible electrochromic device

H Su, Z Zhang, W Song, K Shi, F Cheng, M Hao… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel electrochromic hydrogel AG/P (AAm-AAc)/P 2 W 18 was prepared by
loading polyoxometalate K 6 P 2 W 18· 10H 2 O (P 2 W 18) into a double-network hydrogel …

Possible depth-resolved reconstruction of shear moduli in the cornea following collagen crosslinking (CXL) with optical coherence tomography and elastography

G Regnault, MA Kirby, RK Wang, TT Shen… - Biomedical Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) is commonly used to prevent or treat keratoconus.
Although changes in corneal stiffness induced by CXL surgery can be monitored with non …

Acoustic radiation force-induced longitudinal shear wave for ultrasound-based viscoelastic evaluation

HC Liu, HK Lee, MW Urban, Q Zhou, P Kijanka - Ultrasonics, 2024 - Elsevier
Acoustic radiation force (ARF) is widely used to induce shear waves for evaluating the
mechanical properties of biological tissues. Two shear waves can be generated when …

Nanobomb optical coherence elastography in multilayered phantoms

M Hatami, D Nevozhay, M Singh, A Schill… - Biomedical Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Many tissues are composed of layered structures, and a better understanding of the
changes in the layered tissue biomechanics can enable advanced guidance and monitoring …

Four-dimensional (4D) Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography Using Sequential Excitation

X Sun, CF Chang, J Zhang, Y Zeng, B Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Current shear wave elastography methods primarily focus on 2D imaging. To
explore mechanical properties of biological tissues in 3D, a four-dimensional (4D, x, y, z, t) …

Mechanical Characterization of the Erythrocyte Membrane Using a Capacitor-Based Technique

D Dorta, C Plazaola, J Carrasco, MF Alves-Rosa… - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pathological processes often change the mechanical properties of cells. Increased rigidity
could be a marker of cellular malfunction. Erythrocytes are a type of cell that deforms to …

Current challenges in imaging the mechanical properties of tissue engineered grafts

L Luo, KE Okur, PO Bagnaninchi… - Frontiers in Biomaterials …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The mechanical performance of tissue-engineered grafts is crucial in determining their
functional properties, integration with native tissue and long-term repair outcome post …

Using dynamic optical coherence elastography to measure material properties

MW Urban, HC Liu, P Kijanka - Optical Elastography and …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical coherence elastography (OCE) has been used successfully for characterizing
changes tissue mechanical properties particularly in breast tissue and the eye. Many …