Comparison of trabecular bone behavior in core and whole bone samples using high-resolution modeling of a vertebral body

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-480

  Harrison, Noel M ^a   McHugh, Peter E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Basivertebral; Cancellous; Finite element; Trabecular; Vertebra; Voxel

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

BASIVERTEBRAL; CANCELLOUS; CORE REGION; FINITE ELEMENT; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; TRABECULAR; TRABECULAR BONES; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL BODY; VOXEL;

BONE;

OVIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHEEP; SPINE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956392402     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-009-0188-8     Document Type: Article

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