HR-pQCT-based homogenised finite element models provide quantitative predictions of experimental vertebral body stiffness and strength with the same accuracy as μFE models

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 711-720

  Pahr, Dieter H ^a   Dall'Ara, Enrico ^a   Varga, Peter ^a   Zysset, Philippe K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

fabric; finite element modelling; stiffness; strength; vertebral body

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTS; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ENDPLATES; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENTS; GREY-LEVEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; POSTERIOR ELEMENTS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; STIFFNESS VALUES; STRENGTH; TISSUE MODULUS; VERTEBRAL BODY;

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FABRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862274814     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.556627     Document Type: Article

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