Subject-specific finite element models of long bones: An in vitro evaluation of the overall accuracy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2457-2467

  Taddei, Fulvia ^a   Cristofolini, Luca ^a,b   Martelli, Saulo ^a   Gill, H S ^c   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic mesh generation; Computed tomography; Experimental validation; Finite element modelling; Human bones

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION; FEMUR; METAPHYSEAL PARTS;

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMB SALVAGE; LONG BONE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33748467122     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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