Measurement of structural anisotropy in femoral trabecular bone using clinical-resolution CT images

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2659-2666

  Kersh, Mariana E ^a   Zysset, Philippe K ^b   Pahr, Dieter H ^c   Wolfram, Uwe ^b   Larsson, David ^c   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical quantitative computed tomography; Finite element model; Gradient structure tensor; Sobel structure tensor; Trabecular bone strength

Indexed keywords

FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GRADIENT STRUCTURE TENSORS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; STRUCTURE TENSORS; TRABECULAR BONE STRENGTH;

ANISOTROPY; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

TENSORS;

AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMUR; GRADIENT STRUCTURE TENSOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEAN INTERCEPT LENGTH FABRIC TENSOR; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOBEL STRUCTURE TENSOR; STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY; TRABECULAR BONE;

CLINICAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL; GRADIENT STRUCTURE TENSOR; SOBEL STRUCTURE TENSOR; TRABECULAR BONE STRENGTH;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884986063     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.07.047     Document Type: Article

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