Open AccessIn vivo personalized finite element modeling of the knee joint derived from MRI images
Author(s) -
Morgan Sangeux,
Fréderic Marin,
Fabrice Charleux,
M.C. Ho Ba Tho
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of computational mechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2642-2085
pISSN - 2642-2050
DOI - 10.13052/ejcm.18.81-92
Subject(s) - joint (building) , knee joint , finite element method , computer science , cartilage , in vivo , biomedical engineering , structural engineering , engineering , anatomy , medicine , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
This paper adresses the methodology used to model the knee joint in vivo from MRI images. The knee joint model obtained is subject specific. The paper presents all the treatment procedure: Geometrical acquisitions, Joint movement analysis, Meshing techniques and nonlinear finite element modeling with contact between the bones, the cartilage and the menisci. The model provides the contact pressure applied on the various components of the joint for one normal subject.