Effect of microcomputed tomography voxel size on the finite element model accuracy for human cancellous bone

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Yeni, Yener N ^a   Christopherson, Gregory T ^a   Dong, X Neil ^a   Kim, Do Gyoon ^a   Fyhrie, David P ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Boundary Conditions; Element Size; Finite Element Method; Microcomputed Tomography; Trabecular Bone; Voxel Size

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE; VOLUME FRACTION;

BONE VOLUME FRACTION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (COV); MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRABECULAR SHEAR STRESS SCATTER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VERTEBRA;

BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16244372374     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1835346     Document Type: Article

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