Mechanical Loading for Modifying Tissue Water Content and Optical Properties

The majority of the physical properties of tissue depend directly on the interstitial or intracellular concentration of water within the epidermal and dermal layers. The relationship between skin constituent concentrations, such as water and protein, and the mechanical and optical properties of huma...

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Main Author: Drew, Christopher W.
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32714
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05132009-165205/