title: A new method for the determination of the mechanical properties of the vitreous.
abstract: In order to determine the mechanical properties of the vitreous which are characteristic for the extraction of foreign bodies, an oscillatory method was devised. The mechanical properties are described by a spring constant--relevant for the rubber elastic behaviour--and a friction constant characterizing the dissipative interaction inside the vitreous. The appropriateness of the data is demonstrated by the capability to predict the distance-time behaviour in strong, pulsed magnetic fields of ferromagnetic foreign bodies implanted into the vitreous of pig eyes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008280:Magnetics; D008670:Metals; D013552:Swine; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D008670:Metals