Automatic Generation of Finite Element Meshes from Computed Tomography Data

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-72

  Viceconti, Marco ^a   Taddei, Fulvia ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic mesh generation; Finite element method; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0348046404     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v31.i12.20     Document Type: Review

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