Mesh-based vs. Image-based Statistical Appearance Model of the Human Femur: a Preliminary Comparison Study for the Creation of Finite Element Meshes

Statistical models have been recently introduced in computational orthopaedics to investigate the bone mechanical properties across several populations

Büchler

2011

Scholarcy highlights

  • Statistical models have been recently introduced in computational orthopaedics to investigate the bone mechanical properties across several populations
  • A fundamental aspect for the construction of statistical models concerns the establishment of accurate anatomical correspondences among the objects of the training dataset
  • A computer tomography dataset of 157 human left femurs was used for the comparison
  • 30 finite element meshes were generated with the models
  • The quality of the obtained FE meshes was evaluated in terms of volume, size and shape of the elements
  • Future studies are required to evaluate the impact of this finding on the final mechanical simulations

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