Analysis of microstructural and mechanical alterations of trabecular bone in a simulated three-dimensional remodeling process

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2417-2425

  Wang, Hong ^a   Ji, Baohua ^a,b   Liu, X Sherry ^c,d   Guo, X Edward ^c   Huang, Yonggang ^e   Hwang, Keh Chih ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone remodeling; Finite element method; Individual trabecula segmentation; Three dimensional model; Trabecular plate and rod

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; APPLIED LOADS; BONE MASS; BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; BONE QUALITY; BONE REMODELING; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; EXTERNAL FORCE; EXTERNAL LOADING; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONE; IMAGING ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL LOADS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUMBER DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRABECULAR BONES; TRABECULAR PLATE AND ROD;

DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL TRABECULA SEGMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; TRABECULAR NUMBER DENSITY; TRABECULAR ORIENTATION; TRABECULAR PLATE VOLUME FRACTION; TRABECULAR ROD VOLUME FRACTION; TRABECULAR THICKNESS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865865948     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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