Finite element modeling of the C4-C6 cervical spine unit

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 569-574

  Yoganandan, N ^a,b   Kumaresan, S C ^a   Liming, Voo ^a   Pintar, F A ^a   Larson, S J ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Computed tomography; Finite element method; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CERVICAL SPINE; SPINAL STRUCTURE;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030272014     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(96)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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