A modified method for assigning material properties to FE models of bones

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-453

  Helgason, Benedikt ^a   Taddei, Fulvia ^b   Pálsson, Halldór ^a   Schileo, Enrico ^b   Cristofolini, Luca ^b,c   Viceconti, Marco ^b   Brynjólfsson, Sigurdur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Experimental validation; Femur; Finite element analysis; Human bones; Material properties; Mesh convergence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS TESTING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION; FEMUR; HUMAN BONES; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MESH CONVERGENCE;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HORSES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 42949170571     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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