A sensitivity analysis of the volumetric spatial decomposition algorithm

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-37

  Stauber, Martin ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Local morphometry; Sensitivity analysis; Trabecular plate; Trabecular rod; Volumetric spatial decomposition

Indexed keywords

BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; IMAGE SKELETONIZATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRY; NOISE PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; PLATE ELEMENTS; SPATIAL DECOMPOSITIONS; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; TRABECULAR BONES; TRABECULAR PLATE; TRABECULAR ROD;

BONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 49849099447     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840601090053     Document Type: Article

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