A new method for the automatic mesh generation of bone segments from CT data

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Viceconti, M ^a   Zannoni, C ^b   Testi, D ^a   Cappello, A ^c  

^a Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli   (Italy)

^b CINECA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

BONE AND BONES; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032909864     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030919099294339     Document Type: Article

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