Bone FEA
Finite Element Analysis of Bone Microstructure
Members
Steffen Prohaska
Bodo Erdmann
Oliver Sander
Stefan Zachow
Links
Project Bone
| Finite Element Analysis of Bone Microstructure | |
| Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. Models based on micro-CT images of trabecular bone structure are used to analyze the mechanical properties of the tissue. | |
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Introduction | |
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Based on image data from Project Bone a finite element model is generated. Amira's grid generation pipeline is used. It was improved in Project CAS to allow filling a triangle surface with tetraeders adapted to the local feature size. First results of a mechanical elasticity simulation are displayed below.
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