Development of specimen-specific finite element models of human vertebrate for the analysis of vertebroplasty

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Wijayathunga, V N ^a   Jones, A C ^a   Oakland, R J ^a   Furtado, N R ^a   Hall, R M ^a   Wilcox, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element; Spine; Vertebra; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STIFFNESS; BONE; ERRORS; FORECASTING;

BONE-CEMENT INTERACTION; VERTEBROPLASTY;

SURGERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CONVERSION FACTOR; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE (R.M.S.); SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT; SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBROPLASTY;

BONE CEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CEMENTS; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 42649089131     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM285     Document Type: Article

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