A patient-specific computer tomography-based finite element methodology to calculate the six dimensional stiffness matrix of human vertebral bodies

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Chevalier, Yan ^a,b   Zysset, Philippe K ^b,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85025195363     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006688     Document Type: Article

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