Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 358-366 , April 2008

Experimental measurement and modeling analysis on mechanical properties of tensor tympani tendon

  • Tao Cheng
    • ,
  • Rong Z. Gan

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Biomedical Engineering, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 865 Asp Avenue, Room 200, Norman, OK 73019, United States. Tel.: +1 405 325 1099; fax: +1 405 325 1088.

Received 27 October 2006 ,Revised 5 April 2007 ,Accepted 5 April 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00066-5

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.04.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 358-366 , April 2008

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