Assessment of the effect of mesh density on the material property discretisation within QCT based FE models: A practical example using the implanted proximal tibia

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-26

  Perillo Marcone, A ^a   Alonso Vazquez, A ^a,b   Taylor, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone properties; FE models; Mesh density; QCT based; Tibia

Indexed keywords

CONTACT SURFACE; CT DATA; DISCRETISATION; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LOADING CONDITION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MESH DENSITY; PIXEL SIZE; QCT BASED; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; STRESS FIELD; TIBIA; VON MISES STRESS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

LOADING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0141834834     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025584031000064470     Document Type: Article

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