Computational biomechanical modelling of the lumbar spine using marching-cubes surface smoothened finite element voxel meshing

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-35

  Wang, Z L ^a   Teo, J C M ^a   Chui, C K ^a   Ong, S H ^a   Yan, C H ^a   Wang, S C ^b   Wong, H K ^b   Teoh, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Finite element method (FEM); Marching cubes; Modelling; Volumetric mesh; Voxel based mesh

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE; ANATOMY; SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SINGAPORE; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25144467089     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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