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The human Achilles tendon - modelling of its physiological and disease changed structure and detection of micro-injuries with the use of optoacoustic and microscopic techniques.

2014/13/B/ST7/00690

Keywords:

Achilles tendon biomechanics collagen fibers diabetic microangiopathy modeling optoacoustics digital image correlation

Descriptors:

  • ST7_11: Electronic, optoelectronic and photonic components and systems for applications (e.g. in biomedical engineering)

Panel:

ST7 - Systems and communication engineering: electronics, communication, optoelectronics

Host institution :

Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie, Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej i Robotyki

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Tadeusz Uhl 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 13

Call: OPUS 7 - announced on 2014-03-17

Amount awarded: 894 232 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-03-25

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-11-24

Project duration:: 32 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. System oświetlenia (20 000 PLN)
  2. Systemy rejestracji, archiwizacji i przetwarzania danych (12 000 PLN)
  3. Urządzenie laserowe do generacji zjawiska foto-akustycznego.
  4. Inkubator CO2 wraz z wózkiem na butlę gazową i reduktorem.
  5. Przetworniki pomiarowe (30 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  1. Functional Anatomy, Histology and Biomechanics of the human Achilles Tendon – a comprehensive review
    Authors:
    Winnicki K, Ochała-Kłos A, Rutowicz B, Pękala PA, Tomaszewski KA
    Academic press:
    Annals of Anatomy (rok: 2019, ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Submitted
  2. Anatomical variations of the plantar fascia's origin with respect to age and sex-an MRI based study.
    Authors:
    Pękala PA, Kaythampillai L, Skinningsrud B, Loukas M, Walocha JA, Tomaszewski KA.
    Academic press:
    Clinical Anatomy (rok: 2019, tom: 4, strony: 597-602), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ca.23342 - link to the publication
  3. Optical coherence elastography in ophthalmology
    Authors:
    Mitchell A. Kirby, Ivan Pelivanov, Shaozhen Song, Łukasz Ambrozinski, Soon Joon Yoon, Liang Gao, David Li, Tueng T. Shen, Ruikang K. Wang, Matthew O'Donnell
    Academic press:
    Journal of Biomedical Optics (rok: 2017, tom: 12, strony: 121720), Wydawca: SPIE
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1117/1.JBO.22.12.121720 - link to the publication
  4. Diabetes type 2 reduces the strength and stiness of fascicles bundles of human Achilles tendon despite increased levels of age cross-links
    Authors:
    Martyna Ekiert, Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski, Alexander Wilhelm, Marta Z. Pacia, Krzysztof Czamara, Agnieszka Kaczor, Przemyslaw Mielczarek, Jerzy Silberring, Ewa M. Spiesz, Andrzej Mlyniec
    Academic press:
    Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures (rok: 2019, ), Wydawca: Mathematical Sciences Publishers
    Status:
    Submitted
  5. Molecular-based nonlinear viscoelastic chemomechanical model incorporating thermal denaturation kinetics of collagen fibrous biomaterials
    Authors:
    Młyniec A, Tomaszewski KA, Spiesz EM, Uhl T
    Academic press:
    Polymer Degradation and Stability (rok: 2015, tom: 119, strony: 87-95), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2015.05.005 - link to the publication
  6. Modelling and Identification of the Mechanical Properties of Achilles Tendon with Application in Health Monitoring
    Authors:
    Kohut P, Holak K, Obuchowicz R, Ekiert M, Myniec A, Ambroziski L, Tomaszewski KA, Uhl T
    Academic press:
    Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems (rok: 2019, tom: 2, strony: 011007-1 - 011007-8), Wydawca: ASME
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1115/1.4042397 - link to the publication