A method to estimate the elastic properties of the extracellular matrix of articular cartilage.
In this work we propose a method to estimate the elastic properties of the extracellular matrix of articular cartilage, once the elastic properties of the chondrocytes and the whole tissue are known. The influence of the elastic properties of the tissue and the cell concentration on the estimated elastic properties of the matrix are investigated.
Federico
Salvatore
S
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Meccanica, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy.
Herzog
Walter
W
Wu
John Z
JZ
La Rosa
Guido
G
D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D045424:Complex Mixtures