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Rheological characterization of human brain tissue.

S Budday1, G Sommer2, J Haybaeck3

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.

Acta Biomaterialia
|June 29, 2017
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This study reveals the complex viscoelastic behavior of human brain tissue, crucial for understanding its mechanical response. The findings enable more accurate computational models for brain development, disease, and neurosurgery.

Area of Science:

  • Biomechanics
  • Neuroscience
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Human brain tissue exhibits complex viscoelastic properties sensitive to regional and temporal variations.
  • Previous research focused on time-independent hyperelastic responses, leaving time-dependent behavior under various loads insufficiently understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the time-dependent rheology of four distinct human brain regions (cortex, basal ganglia, corona radiata, corpus callosum).
  • To develop and validate a family of finite viscoelastic Ogden-type models for human brain tissue.
  • To establish a unified parameter set for multiple loading conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Combined cyclic and relaxation testing under shear, compression, and tension.
  • Established and calibrated a family of finite viscoelastic Ogden-type models.
Keywords:
Finite viscoelasticityHuman brainOgden modelParameter identificationRheological testing

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  • Simultaneously identified model parameters across all loading conditions and brain regions.

    • Main Results:

    • A five-parameter model with one viscoelastic mode accurately captures key brain tissue features: nonlinearity, pre-conditioning, hysteresis, and tension-compression asymmetry.
    • Demonstrated significant pre-conditioning effects, with gray matter stiffness decreasing up to threefold after two cycles, while white matter remained largely unchanged.
    • Identified specific stiffness and time constant values for gray and white matter regions.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed viscoelastic models provide a simplified yet effective representation of human brain tissue rheology.
    • The findings are crucial for enhancing computational simulations of brain behavior under physiological conditions, particularly at low to moderate strain rates.
    • This research advances the understanding of brain mechanics for applications in neurosurgery, injury prediction, and protective device design.