Measuring morphological parameters of the pelvic floor for finite element modelling purposes

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 749-757

  Janda, Štěpán ^a   Van Der Helm, Frans C T ^a   De Blok, Sjoerd B ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FE model; MRI; Pelvic floor muscles; Sarcomere length

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY;

SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS;

MUSCLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE;

EID: 0037692877     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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