Journal
BIOMECHANICS AND MODELING IN MECHANOBIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 907-920Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-016-0860-8
Keywords
Human brain tissue; Mechanical properties; Abaqus; FE modelling; Humidity and temperature; Heterogeneous
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Funding
- European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme ACTIVE Project [FP7-ICT-2009-6-270460]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/K503733/1, EP/N025954/1]
- EPSRC [EP/N025954/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K503733/1, EP/N025954/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Parkinson's UK [J-1402] Funding Source: researchfish
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The mechanical characterization of brain tissue is a complex task that scientists have tried to accomplish for over 50 years. The results in the literature often differ by orders of magnitude because of the lack of a standard testing protocol. Different testing conditions (including humidity, temperature, strain rate), the methodology adopted, and the variety of the species analysed are all potential sources of discrepancies in the measurements. In this work, we present a rigorous experimental investigation on the mechanical properties of human brain, covering both grey and white matter. The influence of testing conditions is also shown and thoroughly discussed. The material characterization performed is finally adopted to provide inputs to a mathematical formulation suitable for numerical simulations of brain deformation during surgical procedures.
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