An interactive multiblock approach to meshing the spine

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-235

  Kallemeyn, Nicole A ^a   Tadepalli, Srinivas C ^a   Shivanna, Kiran H ^a   Grosland, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL SPINAL UNITS; GENERATION METHOD; GENERATION TECHNIQUES; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY; GEOMETRIC FIDELITY; MESHING TECHNIQUES; MULTI-BLOCK TECHNIQUES; MULTIBLOCK; SPINE BIOMECHANICS; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

BIOMECHANICS; MESH GENERATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; SPINE; VALIDITY; VERTEBRA BODY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67649389420     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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