Abstract
The structural arrangement of collagen fibers in the plane of the dermis layer plays a critical role in accurately predicting the mechanical behavior of skin tissues. This paper combines a histological analysis with statistical modeling to characterize and model the in-plane collagen fiber distribution in the porcine dermis. The histology data reveals that the fiber distribution in the plane of the porcine dermis is non-symmetric. The histology data forms the basis of our model, which employs a combination of two π-periodic von-Mises distribution density functions to create a non-symmetric distribution.
| Original language | American English |
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| Article number | 103973 |
| Journal | Medical Engineering and Physics |
| Volume | 115 |
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| State | Published - May 2023 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biomedical Engineering
Keywords
- Anisotropic
- Collagen
- Histology
- Non-symmetric distribution
- Porcine dermis
- Tissue