A comparison of enhanced continuum FE with micro FE models of human vertebral bodies

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-462

  Pahr, Dieter H ^a   Zysset, Philippe K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone; Cortex; Density; Elasticity; Fabric; Finite element method; Mesh generation; Micro FE; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CANCELLOUS BONES; CONTINUUM MODELS; CORTEX; CORTICAL SHELLS; DENSITY; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTICITY TENSORS; END PLATES; ERROR SOURCES; EXPLICIT MODELING; FE MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GOLD STANDARDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION CT; KINEMATIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MECHANO BIOLOGIES; MICRO FE; MICRO MECHANICALS; MICRO-FE MODELS; MIXED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MODULAR FRAMEWORKS; SHEAR LOADINGS; SHELL THICKNESS; STANDARD TOOLS; SUBJECT SPECIFICS; TRABECULAR BONES; VERTEBRAL BODY;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; BONE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FABRICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; MESH GENERATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STANDARD; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 60549106824     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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