The impact of voxel size-based inaccuracies on the mechanical behavior of thin bone structures

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1092-1100

  Maloul, Asmaa ^a   Fialkov, Jeffrey ^a   Whyne, Cari ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT; Craniofacial bone; Finite element modeling; Image intensity; Strain; Thickness

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; BONE STRUCTURE; BONY STRUCTURES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS; CRANIOFACIAL; CT DATA; FE MODEL; FE MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMAGE INTENSITY; IMAGING DEVICE; INTENSITY VALUES; LIMITED RESOLUTION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRAIN; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; THICKNESS; VOXEL SIZE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAMMALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951553963     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0215-z     Document Type: Article

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