The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

CF Guimarães, L Gasperini, AP Marques… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The past 20 years have witnessed ever-growing evidence that the mechanical properties of
biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are fundamental for cellular …

Mechanics of ultrasound elastography

GY Li, Y Cao - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ultrasound elastography enables in vivo measurement of the mechanical properties of living
soft tissues in a non-destructive and non-invasive manner and has attracted considerable …

Ionically and enzymatically dual cross-linked oxidized alginate gelatin hydrogels with tunable stiffness and degradation behavior for tissue engineering

T Distler, K McDonald, S Heid, E Karakaya… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels that allow for the successful long-term in vitro culture of cell–biomaterial systems
to enable the maturation of tissue engineering constructs are highly relevant in regenerative …

Causal contributors to tissue stiffness and clinical relevance in urology

L Martinez-Vidal, V Murdica, C Venegoni… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Mechanomedicine is an emerging field focused on characterizing mechanical changes in
cells and tissues coupled with a specific disease. Understanding the mechanical cues that …

Assessing engineered tissues and biomaterials using ultrasound imaging: in vitro and in vivo applications

JA Sebastian, EM Strohm, J Baranger, O Villemain… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantitative assessment of the structural, functional, and mechanical properties of
engineered tissues and biomaterials is fundamental to their development for regenerative …

Acoustic radiation force: a review of four mechanisms for biomedical applications

AP Sarvazyan, OV Rudenko… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radiation force is a universal phenomenon in any wave motion where the wave energy
produces a static or transient force on the propagation medium. The theory of acoustic …

Guided waves in pre-stressed hyperelastic plates and tubes: Application to the ultrasound elastography of thin-walled soft materials

GY Li, Q He, R Mangan, G Xu, C Mo, J Luo… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
In vivo measurement of the mechanical properties of thin-walled soft tissues (eg, mitral
valve, artery and bladder) and in situ mechanical characterization of thin-walled artificial soft …

A comprehensive survey on non-invasive wearable bladder volume monitoring systems

MZ Nasrabadi, H Tabibi, M Salmani… - Medical & biological …, 2021 - Springer
Measuring the volume of urine in the bladder is a significant issue in patients who suffer from
the lack of bladder fullness sensation or have problems with timeliness getting to the …

Guided wave elastography of layered soft tissues

GY Li, Y Zheng, YX Jiang, Z Zhang, Y Cao - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
In vivo mechanical characterization of soft biological tissues has broad applications ranging
from disease diagnosis to tissue engineering. Shear wave elastography based on the bulk …

Correlation of ultrasound bladder vibrometry assessment of bladder compliance with urodynamic study results

M Bayat, V Kumar, M Denis, J Webb, A Gregory… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Purpose or objective The objective of this study is to assess correlation between bladder
wall mechanical properties obtained by ultrasound bladder vibrometry (UBV) and …