Conference Agenda

BIOMECHANICS OF BREAST TISSUES TOWARDS THE DESIGN OF A NOVEL BIOMIMETIC SCAFFOLD FOR TISSUE REGENERATION

A. Berardo^1,2, M. V. Mascolini³, B. Pomaro¹, M. L. Morelli¹, C. Stecco^2,4, C. G. Fontanella^2,3, G. Mazzucco^1,2, E. L. Carniel^2,3

¹Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; ²Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials, University of Padova, Italy; ³Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; ⁴Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy

VOLUMIC DEFORMATION OF HUMAN CORNEA UNDER PRESSURE

C. Giraudet^1,2, Q. Wu^1,2, J.-M. Allain^1,2

¹LMS, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France; ²Inria, France

A NOVEL VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE TO MEASURE STRAIN IN BRAIN PHANTOMS DURING NEEDLE INSERTION.

T. Pritchard, R. van Loon, H. Arora

Swansea university, United Kingdom

PRELIMINARY IN-VITRO MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN PANCREAS THROUGH INDENTATION

F. De Gaetano^1,2, A. Callera^1,2, M. Pagnanelli^2,3, G. Nappo^2,3, G. Capretti^2,3, S. Carrara⁴, A. Zerbi^2,3, M. L. Costantino¹

¹Politecnico di Milano, Milan (ITALY); ²IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital – Pancreatic Unit, Milan (ITALY); ³Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan (ITALY); ⁴IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital – Department of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Unit, Milan (ITALY)

EX VIVO MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA AND THE ERECTOR SPINAE APRONEUROSIS

A. Lagache¹, F. Duparc², J. Girardot³, M. Broqué¹, S. Persohn¹, C. Slama¹, C. Vergari¹, P.-Y. Rohan¹, M. Creze¹

¹Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, France; ²Laboratoire of anatomy, Faculty of Medecine Rouen-Normandy University, France; ³Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Institut de Mécanique et d'Ingénierie, France