Mineral heterogeneity has a minor influence on the apparent elastic properties of human cancellous bone: A SRμCT-based finite element study

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1137-1144

  Gross, Thomas ^a   Pahr, Dieter H ^a   Peyrin, Françoise ^b   Zysset, Philippe K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

finite element model, synchrotron microcomputed tomography; mechanical properties; mineralisation; trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FEMORAL NECKS; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROMECHANICAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; MINERAL DISTRIBUTION; MINERALISATION; SCANNING METHODS; STIFFNESS TENSOR; TISSUE LEVELS; TRABECULAR BONES;

BONE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; THERMOELECTRICITY; TISSUE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; SYNCHROTRON; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865803887     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.581236     Document Type: Article

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