Contact analysis of a posterior cervical spine plate using a three-dimensional canine finite element model

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 206-214

  Villarraga, M L ^a   Anderson, R C ^a   Hart, R T ^a   Dinh, D H ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PROSTHESES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CANINE; CONTACT ANALYSIS; PLATE SCREW IMPLANT SYSTEMS; POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE PLATE;

BIOMECHANICS;

TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SPINE STABILIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0033119683     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2835105     Document Type: Article

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