Open AccessCavitation Rheology as a Potential Method for In Vivo Assessment of Skin Biomechanics
Author(s) -
Michael S. Chin,
Brian B. Freniere,
Sami Fakhouri,
John E. Harris,
Janice F. Lalikos,
Alfred J. Crosby
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plastic and reconstructive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.841
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1076-5751
pISSN - 0032-1052
DOI - 10.1097/prs.0b013e318278d79f
Subject(s) - biomedical engineering , cavitation , materials science , strain gauge , rheology , in vivo , medicine , anatomy , surgery , composite material , biology , mechanics , microbiology and biotechnology , physics
We propose cavitation rheology as a nondestructive method of assessing cutaneous biomechanical properties. Cavitation rheology may provide accurate in vivo evaluation of biomechanical changes during cutaneous wound healing or disease evolution
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