A subject-specific FEM model for evaluating buttock tissue response under sitting load

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VII, Issue , 2004, Pages 5088-5091

  Lin, F ^a,c   Moran, B ^a   Bankard, J ^a   Hendrix, R ^b   Makhsous, M ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

FEM; Sitting load; Soft tissue; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDENTATION; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONICS;

ANATOMY; PRESSURE SENSORS; SITTING LOADS; SOFT TISSUE;

TISSUE;

EID: 11144307346     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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