Intravoxel bone micromechanics for microCT-based finite element simulations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2710-2721

  Blanchard, Romane ^a   Dejaco, Alexander ^a   Bongaers, Evi ^b   Hellmich, Christian ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Bruker microCT ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone; Finite element simulation; Micro computer tomography; Multi scale modeling

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MICRO COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; X-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT;

BONE; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAMMALS; MICROMECHANICS; STIFFNESS; THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME FRACTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COLLAGEN; MINERAL; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MATRIX; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTRAVOXEL BONE MICROMECHANICS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRABECULAR BONE; X RAY;

BONE; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; MICRO COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; MULTI-SCALE MODELING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84884981342     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.06.036     Document Type: Article

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