A new approach for assigning bone material properties from CT images into finite element models

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1011-1015

  Chen, G ^a   Schmutz, B ^a   Epari, D ^a   Rathnayaka, K ^a   Ibrahim, S ^a   Schuetz, M A ^a,b   Pearcy, M J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone; Computed tomography; Material property mapping; Partial volume effects; Stress and strain; Subject specific finite element models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIAL PROPERTY MAPPING; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; STRESS AND STRAIN; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATLAB; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBROUTINES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SHEEP; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77549084567     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.10.040     Document Type: Article

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