A new device and method for measuring the elastic modulus of single trabeculae

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 993-1000

  Lorenzetti, Silvio ^a   Carretta, Roberto ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a   Stüssi, Edgar ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bending; Biomechanics; Bone material properties; Collagen; Stiffness; Trabeculae

Indexed keywords

3D IMAGING; BENDING FORCE; BONE MATERIAL PROPERTIES; CANCELLOUS BONE; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; EXACT GEOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FE ANALYSIS; FE-SIMULATION; FIXED BEAM; FLUORESCENT MARKERS; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NATURAL NETWORKS; NEW DEVICES; POSITIONING SYSTEM; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SYSTEM UNCERTAINTIES; TRABECULAE; TRABECULAR NETWORKS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOMETRY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIUS; RIGIDITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMUR HEAD; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP;

EID: 80051805646     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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