Ruth J. Okamoto

Measurements of mechanical anisotropy in brain tissue and implications for transversely isotropic material models of white matter

Yuan Feng, Ruth J. Okamoto, Ravi Namani et al. · Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2013 · 320 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Neuroscience +16

Mechanical Properties of Dilated Human Ascending Aorta

Ruth J. Okamoto, Jessica E. Wagenseil, William R. DeLong et al. · Annals of Biomedical Engineering · 2002 · 202 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Cardiology +11

Effects of elastin haploinsufficiency on the mechanical behavior of mouse arteries

Jessica E. Wagenseil, Nandan L. Nerurkar, Russell H. Knutsen et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2005 · 189 citations

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Physiology +17

A cortical folding model incorporating stress-dependent growth explains gyral wavelengths and stress patterns in the developing brain

Philip V. Bayly, Ruth J. Okamoto, Gang Xu et al. · Physical Biology · 2013 · 185 citations

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience +16

The influence of mechanical properties on wall stress and distensibility of the dilated ascending aorta

Ruth J. Okamoto, Haodong Xu, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2003 · 133 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Cardiology +14