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Biomechanics of Living Organs is the first book to cover finite element biomechanical modelling of each organ in the human body. This collection of chapters from the leaders in their field focuses on the constitutive laws for each organ. Each author introduces the most recent state of the art as concerns constitutive laws, and then illustratse the implementation of such laws with Finite Element Modeling of these organs. The focus of each chapter is on instruction, careful derivation and presentation of formulae and methods. When modelling tissues, this book will help you determine the modelling parameters and the variability for particular populations. The chapters highlight important experimental techniques needed to inform, motivate, and also validate the choice of strain energy function or constitutive model. Remodelling, growth and damage are all covered. The content also includes the relationship of constitutive relationships of organs to tissue and molecular scale properties; since net organ behavior depends fundamentally on its sub components. This book is intended for professionals, academics and students in tissue and continuum biomechanics. Covers hyper elastic frameworks for large tissue deformationsConsiders which strain energy functions are the most appropriate to model the passive and active states of living tissueEvaluates the physical meaning of proposed energy functions

Reduced Order Models for the Biomechanics of Living Organs, a new volume in The Biomechanics of Living Organisms series, provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in biomechanical computations using reduced order models, along with a deeper understanding of the associated reduction algorithms that will face students, researchers, clinicians and industrial partners in the future. The book gathers perspectives from key opinion scientists who describe and detail their approaches, methodologies and findings. It is the first to synthesize complementary advances in Biomechanical modelling of living organs using reduced order techniques in the design of medical devices and clinical interventions, including surgical procedures. This book provides an opportunity for students, researchers, clinicians and engineers to study the main topics related to biomechanics and reduced models in a single reference, with this volume summarizing all biomechanical aspects of each living organ in one comprehensive reference.

Biomechanics of the Female Reproductive System: Breast and Pelvic Organs: From Models to Patients synthesizes complementary advances in women's reproductive biomechanics, medical imaging analysis, patient-specific characterization, and computational finite element models. The book discusses the biomechanical aspects related to the breast and female pelvic floor system at each step of development. The table of contents also covers certain events and diseases, including cancers, delivery, aging, breast, hysterectomy or prolapse surgery. It presents the main biomechanical experimental results obtained and models developed this last decade to highlight the importance of accounting for patient-specific history and aging characteristics to consider damage growth effect and impact. As part of Elsevier's Biomechanics of Living Organs series, this book provides an opportunity for students, researchers, clinicians and engineers to study the main topics related to the biomechanics of the women's reproductive system in a single book written by a global base of experts.

Biomechanics of the Aorta: Modeling for Patient Care is a holistic analysis of the aorta towards its biomechanical description. The book addresses topics such as physiology, clinical imaging, tissue and blood flow modeling, along with knowledge that is needed in diagnostics, aortic rupture prediction, assist surgical planning, and more. It encompasses a wide range of topics from the basic sciences (Vascular biology, Continuum mechanics, Image analysis) to clinical applications, as well as describing and presenting computational studies and experimental benches to mimic, understand and propose the best treatment of aortic pathologies. The book begins with an introduction to the fundamental aspects of the anatomy, biology and physiopathology of the aorta and proceeds to present the main computational fluid dynamic studies and biomechanical and mechanobiological models developed over the last decade. With approaches, methodologies and findings from contributors all over the world, this new volume in the Biomechanics of Living Organs series will increase understanding of aortic function as well as improve the design of medical devices and clinical interventions, including surgical procedures.