Experimental validation of finite element model for proximal composite femur using optical measurements

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-94

  Grassi, Lorenzo ^a   Väänänen, Sami P ^b   Amin Yavari, Saber ^c   Weinans, Harrie ^c,d   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^b   Zadpoor, Amir A ^c   Isaksson, Hanna ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Composite femur; Digital image correlation; Finite element

Indexed keywords

BONE FRACTURE; COMPOSITE FEMORA; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; PATIENT-SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION;

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84875331802     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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