Design and validation of a testing system to assess torsional cancellous bone failure in conjunction with time-lapsed micro-computed tomographic imaging

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3496-3501

  Nazarian, Ara ^a,c   Bauernschmitt, Michael ^c   Eberle, Christian ^c   Meier, Diego ^a,c   Müller, Ralph ^c   Snyder, Brian D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone; Micro computed tomography; Shear properties; Torsion testing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; INSTRUMENTS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENTS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CANCELLOUS BONES; CT IMAGING; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBLIQUE ANGLES; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS; PLEXIGLASES; SHEAR PROPERTIES; STRINGENT TESTS; TESTING SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

TORSION TESTING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOWHEAD WHALE; CANCELLOUS BONE; ELASTICITY; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE; WHALES;

EID: 56549107656     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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