TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of mineralization and microporosity on tissue elasticity - experimental and numerical investigation on mineralized turkey leg tendons
AU - Spiesz, E.M.
AU - Roschger, P.
AU - Zysset, Ph.K.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A combined experimental and numerical study correlating indentation stiffness with mineralization and microporosity was performed on mineralized turkey leg tendon. Two distinct tissue morphologies were distinguished by quantitative backscattered electron imaging and called "circumferential" and "interstitial" zones. These two zones showed different tissue organization, microporosity, and mineralization. Stiffness, measured by microindentation, was also different in the two zones. The mean field method of modeling of mineralized collagen fibers was employed to explain the differences.
AB - A combined experimental and numerical study correlating indentation stiffness with mineralization and microporosity was performed on mineralized turkey leg tendon. Two distinct tissue morphologies were distinguished by quantitative backscattered electron imaging and called "circumferential" and "interstitial" zones. These two zones showed different tissue organization, microporosity, and mineralization. Stiffness, measured by microindentation, was also different in the two zones. The mean field method of modeling of mineralized collagen fibers was employed to explain the differences.
U2 - 10.1007/s00223-012-9578-5
DO - 10.1007/s00223-012-9578-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 22395487
VL - 90
SP - 319
EP - 329
JO - Calcified Tissue International
JF - Calcified Tissue International
SN - 0171-967X
IS - 4
ER -