title: Pipette aspiration testing of soft tissues: the elastic half-space model revisited.
abstract: The pipette aspiration testing technique is considered, and the elastic half-space model, which was originally introduced in the isotropic incompressible case, is revisited and generalized for the case of transverse isotropy. Asymptotic solutions are obtained in the two limiting cases of a wide and a narrow pipette.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mechanik , Technische Universität Berlin , Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Argatov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mathematics and Physics , Aberystwyth University , Ceredigion SY23 3BZ, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Gennady
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2565-1961
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mishuris
keywords: asymptotic solution; elastic half-space; pipette aspiration; transversely isotropic