Accounting for patient variability in finite element analysis of the intact and implanted hip and knee: A review

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-292

  Taylor, Mark ^a   Bryan, Rebecca ^b,c   Galloway, Francis ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SYNOPSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Population based modelling; Subject specific modelling

Indexed keywords

IMPLANT DESIGN; IMPLANT PLACEMENT; IMPLANTATION PROCESS; INTENSITY MODELS; JOINT REPLACEMENT; LOADING CONDITION; MODEL GENERATION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PRECLINICAL TESTS; RISK OF FAILURE; STATISTICAL SHAPES; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; TRAINING SETS;

BONE; JOINT PROSTHESES; LOADING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; TIBIA;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIBIA;

EID: 84873450410     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2530     Document Type: Review

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