Development of subject-specific and statistical shape models of the knee using an efficient segmentation and mesh-morphing approach

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-240

  Baldwin, Mark A ^a   Langenderfer, Joseph E ^b   Rullkoetter, Paul J ^a   Laz, Peter J ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Finite element; Knee mechanics; Mesh morphing; Segmentation; Statistical shape model; Subject specific model

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; FINITE ELEMENT; KNEE MECHANICS; MESH MORPHING; STATISTICAL SHAPE MODEL; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

CARTILAGE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; LIGAMENTS; MECHANICS; MESH GENERATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIBIA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 76749151340     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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