Micromechanics-based conversion of CT data into anisotropic elasticity tensors, applied to FE simulations of a mandible

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-122

  Hellmich, Christian ^a   Kober, Cornelia ^b   Erdmann, Bodo ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bone; Computer tomography; Continuum micromechanics; Finite Element analyses; Hounsfield units; Inhomogeneity; X ray attenuation coefficients

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TENSORS;

COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DATA; CONTINUUM MICROMECHANICS; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; INHOMOGENEITY; ORTHOTROPIC STIFFNESS TENSORS; STIFFNESS COMPONENTS; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN CONCENTRATIONS; X RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS;

MICROMECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37449014031     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9393-8     Document Type: Article

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