Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 444-453 , May 2008

A modified method for assigning material properties to FE models of bones

  • Benedikt Helgason

      Affiliations

    • University of Iceland, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Iceland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +354 659 2478.
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  • Fulvia Taddei

      Affiliations

    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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  • Halldór Pálsson

      Affiliations

    • University of Iceland, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Iceland
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  • Enrico Schileo

      Affiliations

    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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  • Luca Cristofolini

      Affiliations

    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
    • D.I.E.M., Engineering Faculty, University of Bologna, Italy
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  • Marco Viceconti

      Affiliations

    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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  • Sigurður Brynjólfsson

      Affiliations

    • University of Iceland, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Iceland

Received 12 May 2006 ,Revised 20 April 2007 ,Accepted 6 May 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00093-8

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 444-453 , May 2008

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