Fast and accurate specimen-specific simulation of trabecular bone elastic modulus using novel beam-shell finite element models

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1566-1572

  Vanderoost, Jef ^a   Jaecques, Siegfried V N ^a   Van der Perre, Georges ^a   Boonen, Steven ^b   D'hooge, Jan ^a   Lauriks, Walter ^a   van Lenthe, G Harry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone stiffness; FE modeling; Micro computed tomography; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ELASTIC MODULUS; BEAM MODEL; BONE STIFFNESS; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CUBIC SAMPLES; ELASTIC COMPRESSION; ELASTIC MODULUS VALUES; FE MODELING; GOLD STANDARDS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MESHING ALGORITHM; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; SHELL ELEMENT; SHELL FINITE ELEMENTS; SHELL MODELS; SKELETONIZATION; TIME REDUCTION; TRABECULAR BONES; VOXEL MODELS; VOXEL SIZE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS;

BONE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTERS; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955463946     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.02.082     Document Type: Article

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