Comparison of micro-level and continuum-level voxel models of the proximal femur

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2951-2957

  Verhulp, E ^a   van Rietbergen, B ^a   Huiskes, R ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fall simulation; Finite element; Proximal femur; Voxel models

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BONE CEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE DENSITY; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; CONTINUUM ELEMENT SIZES; FALL SIMULATION; PROXIMAL FEMUR; VOXEL MODELS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33751337499     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.027     Document Type: Article

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