A finite element study of age-based size and shape variation of the human rib cage

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-24

  Gayzik, F Scott ^a,c   Loftis, Kathryn L ^a   Slice, Dennis E ^b   Stitzel, Joel D ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biomechanics; Finite element; Model; Rib; Shape

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FINITE ELEMENT; RIB; SHAPE; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; THORAX; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; RIBS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORAX;

EID: 33745220767     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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