Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 249-256 , 9 February 2009

Micromechanical analyses of vertebral trabecular bone based on individual trabeculae segmentation of plates and rods

  • X. Sherry Liu

      Affiliations

    • Bone Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, Mail Code 8904, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
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  • Grant Bevill

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Tony M. Keaveny

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Paul Sajda

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Intelligent Imaging and Neural Computing, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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  • X. Edward Guo

      Affiliations

    • Bone Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, Mail Code 8904, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +12128546196; fax: +12128548725.

,Accepted 29 October 2008.

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PII: S0021-9290(08)00562-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.10.035

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 249-256 , 9 February 2009

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