Bone material properties and fracture analysis: Needle insertion for spinal surgery

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-139

  Teoh, S H ^a   Chui, C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bone; Finite element; Fracture analysis; Material properties; Medical robotics; Micro CT; Needle placement; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; NEEDLE PLACEMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL DISORDERS;

BONE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NEEDLES; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SPINAL CORD; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDLES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 38849104841     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2007.06.004     Document Type: Review

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