Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 840-844 , October 2007

Passive mechanical properties of large intestine under in vivo and in vitro compression

  • Masaru Higa

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Research Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 79 267 4839; fax: +81 79 267 4839.
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  • Yun Luo

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Research Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  • Takeshi Okuyama

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  • Toshiyuki Takagi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  • Yasuyuki Shiraishi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Developing, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  • Tomoyuki Yambe

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Developing, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Received 17 February 2006 ,Revised 7 September 2006 ,Accepted 12 September 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00186-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.09.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 840-844 , October 2007

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