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Computational Modeling of Trabecular Bone Mechanics

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Computational modeling has become an important tool for understanding trabecular bone mechanics. Models provide a means to investigate the individual and combined effects of changes in trabecular architecture, density, and material properties on overall trabecular bone mechanics. In experimental studies, specimen-specific models derived from high-resolution micro-CT scans provide a means to interpret the mechanical testing data at both macroscopic and tissue levels in order to calculate multi-scale material properties. More recently, micro-CT-based finite element modeling has been applied to the detailed investigation of the biomechanical effects of therapeutic treatments, and studies are now using such techniques to address the micro-mechanics of whole-bone behavior. Advances in computational power and solution algorithms have made trabecular bone modeling practical in almost any laboratory. Improvements in imaging technology, the spread of high-speed computing systems, and new computational algorithms will drive continued growth of this technique for the foreseeable future. In addition to its current role as a tool to study basic science and micro-mechanics, this technique may ultimately find clinical usage in diagnosis of disease and assessment of treatments.

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Niebur, G.L., Keaveny, T.M. (2010). Computational Modeling of Trabecular Bone Mechanics. In: De, S., Guilak, F., Mofrad R. K., M. (eds) Computational Modeling in Biomechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3575-2_9

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