Finite-element modeling of bones from CT data: Sensitivity to geometry and material uncertainties

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2194-2200

  Taddei, Fulvia ^a   Martelli, Saulo ^a   Reggiani, Barbara ^b   Cristofolini, Luca ^b   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b DIEM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Finite element methods; Monte Carlo methods; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

DATASETS; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; LOADING CONDITIONS; MATERIAL UNCERTAINTIES;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COXITIS; ERROR; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33750346371     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.879473     Document Type: Article

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