Mechanics of Biological Tissue [Hardcover]

Tissue Growth and Remodelling.- Towards a Theory of Vascular Growth and Remodeling.- Complementary Roles of Theoretical Modeling and Computer-controlled Experimentation in Vascular Growth and Remodeling.- On the Modeling of Growth and Adaptation.- Growth in Soft Biological Tissue and Residual Stress Development.- Characterization and Modeling of Growth and Remodeling in Tendon and Soft Tissue Constructs.- Modeling and Simulation of Remodeling in Soft Biological Tissues.- Anisotropic Remodelling of Biological Tissues.- A Mechanobiological Formulation of Bone Healing.- Continuum Models of Growth with Emphasis on Articular Cartilage.- Micromechanics, Cells and Matrix.- Tensile Properties and Local Stiffness of Cells.- Microfluid-dynamics in Three-dimensional Engineered Cell Systems.- Nonlinear Constitutive Models for Cochlear Outer Hair Cells.- Prediction of Changes in Cell-substrate Contact under Cyclic Substrate Deformation Using Cohesive Zone Modelling.- Micromechanics and Macromechanics of the Tensile Deformation of Nacre.- Arteries in Health and Disease.- Mechanical Properties of Atherosclerotic Tissues.- Towards a Computational Methodology for Optimizing Angioplasty Treatments with Stenting.- Computational Modeling of Stented Arteries: Considerations for Evolving Stent Designs.- Simulation of In-stent Restenosis for the Design of Cardiovascular Stents.- Material Property Alterations with Early Atheroma in an Animal Model.- Microscopic Analysis of Residual Stress and Strain in the Aortic Media Considering Anisotropy of Smooth Muscle Layer.- Parameter Identification in Arteries Using Constraints.- Collagen Organization and Biomechanics of the Arteries and Aneurysms of the Human Brain.- Image-based Simulation of Blood Flow and Arterial Wall Interaction for Cerebral Aneurysms.- Biological Tissues.- A Framework for Soft Tissue and Musculo-skeletal Modelling: Clinical Uses and Future Challenges.- Invariant Formulation for Dispersed Transverse Isotropy in Tissues of thelS0