Three-dimensional finite element modeling of ligaments: Technical aspects

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 845-861

  Weiss, Jeffrey A ^a,b,c   Gardiner, John C ^a,d   Ellis, Benjamin J ^a,c   Lujan, Trevor J ^a,c   Phatak, Nikhil S ^a,c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d MEA Forensic Engineers and Scientists   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Finite element; In situ strain; Joint mechanics; Ligament; Subject specific

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; IN SITU STRAIN; JOINT MECHANICS; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

LIGAMENTS;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 27744478421     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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