Bayesian Inference With Gaussian Process Surrogates to Characterize Anisotropic Mechanical Properties of Skin From Suction Tests.

ABSTRACT: One of the intrinsic features of skin and other biological tissues is the high variation in the mechanical properties across individuals and different demographics. Mechanical characterization of skin is still a challenge because the need for subject-specific in vivo parameters prevents us from utilizing traditional methods, e.g., uniaxial tensile test. Suction devices have been suggested as the best candidate to acquire mechanical properties of skin noninvasively, but capturing anisotropic properties using a circular probe opening-which is the conventional suction device-is not possible. On the other hand, noncircular probe openings can drive different deformations with respect to fiber orientation and therefore could be used to characterize the anisotropic mechanics of skin noninvasively

SUBMITTER: Song G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9445318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature