Sensitivity analysis of a validated subject-specific finite element model of the human craniofacial skeleton

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Szwedowski, T D ^a,b   Fialkov, J ^a   Whyne, C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

computed tomography; experimental validation; human craniofacial skeleton; sensitivity analysis; subject specific finite element model

Indexed keywords

BONY STRUCTURES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS; CRANIOFACIAL; CRANIOFACIAL SKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION; FE MODEL; HUMAN CRANIOFACIAL SKELETON; LOCAL LOADS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; PARAMETRIC CHANGES; PHYSIOLOGIC LOADINGS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADS; SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT; STRAIN PATTERNS; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; TEMPORALIS; TRAUMATIC INJURY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL;

EID: 79551666486     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM786     Document Type: Article

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