Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 480-490 , May 2007

Establishment of an architecture-specific experimental validation approach for finite element modeling of bone by rapid prototyping and high resolution computed tomography

  • Renfeng Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
    • Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Graeme M. Campbell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
    • Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Steven K. Boyd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
    • Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 403 220 4173; fax: +1 403 282 8406.

Received 20 January 2006 ,Revised 24 May 2006 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.06.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 480-490 , May 2007

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