The use of sparse CT datasets for auto-generating accurate FE models of the femur and pelvis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-35

  Shim, Vickie B ^a   Pitto, Rocco P ^a,b   Streicher, Robert M ^c   Hunter, Peter J ^a   Anderson, Iain A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Stryker SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automatic mesh generation; CT; Finite element modelling; Radiation dosage

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION; BOUNDARY EXTRACTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEMI-AUTOMATIC BONE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACETABULUM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIC BONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 33751529487     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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