A comparative study on different methods of automatic mesh generation of human femurs

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Viceconti, Marco ^a   Bellingeri, Luisella ^a   Cristofolini, Luca ^a,b   Toni, Aldo ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic mesh generation; Biomechanics; Bone and bones; Finite element analysis; Human femur

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION (AMG) METHODS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE PROSTHESIS; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345215180     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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