Multi-level patient-specific modelling of the proximal femur. A promising tool to quantify the effect of osteoporosis treatment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1895, 2009, Pages 2079-2093

  Lenaerts, Leen ^a   Van Lenthe, G Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Computed tomography; Finite element analysis; Proximal femur

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MAMMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STEEL STRUCTURES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES; BONE MATERIALS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; FE MODEL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FINITE-ELEMENT; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE RISKS; IN-VIVO; LOADING CONDITION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; MULTI-LEVEL; MULTIPLE LOADING; PREDICTIVE VALUES; PROXIMAL FEMUR; SPECIFIC LOADING; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOPOROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67149103792     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0302     Document Type: Article

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