An Inverse Finite Element Approach for Identifying Forces in Biological Tissues

For centuries physicians, scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and many others have been asking: 'what are the forces that drive tissues in an embryo to their final geometric forms?' At the tissue and whole embryo level, a multitude of very different morphogenetic processes, such as gast...

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Main Author: Cranston, Graham
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4778