In silico biology of bone Modelling and remodelling: adaptation

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

Volumn 367, Issue 1895, 2009, Pages 2011-2030

  Gerhard, Friederike A ^a   Webster, Duncan J ^a   Van Lenthe, G Harry ^b   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bone; Hierarchical modelling; Loading; Remodelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BONE;

ADAPTATION; BONE ADAPTATION; BONE FORMATION; CELL TYPES; CELLULAR LEVELS; CELLULAR MECHANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; EXTERNAL INFLUENCES; HIERARCHICAL MODELLING; IN-SILICO; IN-SILICO MODELS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LOADING MODELS; LOCAL STRAINS; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELS; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; REMODELLING; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION; TRABECULAR THICKNESS;

SIMULATORS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE REMODELING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BONE REMODELING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67149126603     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0297     Document Type: Article

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