Part 1, Jingbo Zhao (Denmark)

• Biomechanical properties of normal esophagus and contributions of layers and different components
• Esophageal remodeling induced by growing, aging, and diseases in animal studies
• Esophageal remodeling in relation to age, systemic sclerosis, diabetes, reflux and inflammation in human studies
• Esophageal smooth muscle function evaluation using length-tension (stress-strain) and loop curves
• MR tractography of esophageal structures
  
  

Part 2, Donghua Liao (Denmark)

• Constitutive modeling of the esophagus
• Medical image based geometrical modeling of the esophagus
• Towards "Virtual Esophagus" through finite element modeling