TY - GEN
T1 - Characterizing skin using a three-axis parallel drive force-sensitive micro-robot
AU - Flynn, Cormac
AU - Taberner, Andrew J.
AU - Nielsen, Poul M.F.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - There is a strong need to measure the complex mechanical properties of soft tissues such as skin. An in vivo experiment characterizing the mechanical response of human skin is presented. A rich set of deformations were applied to several positions on the arm using a novel force-sensitive microrobot. All sites studied exhibit highly non-linear, anisotropic, and viscoelastic behavior. The experiments determined directions in which the skin response was stiffest. These directions agree with accepted orientations of Langer or relaxed skin tension lines.
AB - There is a strong need to measure the complex mechanical properties of soft tissues such as skin. An in vivo experiment characterizing the mechanical response of human skin is presented. A rich set of deformations were applied to several positions on the arm using a novel force-sensitive microrobot. All sites studied exhibit highly non-linear, anisotropic, and viscoelastic behavior. The experiments determined directions in which the skin response was stiffest. These directions agree with accepted orientations of Langer or relaxed skin tension lines.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650841307&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627357
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627357
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 21096723
AN - SCOPUS:78650841307
SN - 9781424441235
T3 - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
SP - 6481
EP - 6484
BT - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
T2 - 2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
Y2 - 31 August 2010 through 4 September 2010
ER -