Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 449-454 , June 2006

The constitutive properties of the brain parenchyma: Part 1. Strain energy approach

  • M. Kohandel

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    • Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3G1
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  • S. Sivaloganathan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3G1
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  • G. Tenti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3G1
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  • J.M. Drake

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5G 1X8

Received 19 July 2004 ,Revised 10 January 2005 ,Accepted 15 January 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.01.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 449-454 , June 2006

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