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Development of Tissue Surrogates for Photoelastic Strain Analysis of Needle Insertion

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This paper focuses on the development of full-field experimental methods for validating computational models of needle insertion, and specifically the development of suitable tissue surrogate materials. Gelatine also known as “ballistic gel” is commonly used as a tissue surrogate since the modulus of elasticity matches that of tissue. Its birefringent properties also allow the visualisation of strains in polarised light. However, other characteristics of tissue are not well emulated by gelatine, for example the fibrous network of cells of tissue is not well represented by the granular microstructure of gelatine, which tears easily. A range of birefringent flexible materials were developed and calibrated for photoelastic analysis. The most suitable were then used to explore quantitatively the different strain distributions in tissue when subjected to a range of needles with different tip profiles.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

    Rachel A. Tomlinson, Wei Kang Aui Yong & Guy Morton

  2. Centre for Computational Imaging and Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine, CISTIB, The University of the Sheffield, Mappin St., Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

    Zeike A. Taylor

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  1. Dept of Mechanical Engg, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Francois Barthelat

  2. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA

    Chad Korach

  3. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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  4. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA

    Barton C. Prorok

  5. Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

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Tomlinson, R.A., Aui Yong, W.K., Morton, G., Taylor, Z.A. (2015). Development of Tissue Surrogates for Photoelastic Strain Analysis of Needle Insertion. In: Barthelat, F., Korach, C., Zavattieri, P., Prorok, B., Grande-Allen, K. (eds) Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 7. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06974-6_6

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