FEM assisted evaluation of PMMA and Ti6Al4V as materials for cranioplasty resulting mechanical behaviour and the neurocranial protection

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Tsouknidas, Alexander ^a   Maropoulos, Stergios ^b   Savvakis, Savvas ^b   Michailidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cranial implant; FEM; mechanical properties; neurocranial protection

Indexed keywords

BONE RESORPTION; CAD/CAMS; CRANIAL IMPLANTS; CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; CRANIOPLASTY; IMPLANT DESIGN; IMPLANT MATERIALS; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL ASPECTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NEUROCRANIAL PROTECTION; SHOCK RESISTANCE; STRENGTH PROPERTY; TI ALLOYS; TI-6AL-4V;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BONE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL COMPUTING; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOY (TIAL6V4);

ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRANIOTOMY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80955155393     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-2011-0663     Document Type: Article

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