[HTML][HTML] Finite element analysis in implant dentistry: State of the art and future directions

C Falcinelli, F Valente, M Vasta, T Traini - Dental Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To discuss the state of the art of Finite Element (FE) modeling in implant dentistry,
to highlight the principal features and the current limitations, and giving recommendations to …

Fracture risk assessment and clinical decision making for patients with metastatic bone disease

TA Damron, KA Mann - Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Metastatic breast, prostate, lung, and other cancers often affect bone, causing pain,
increasing fracture risk, and decreasing function. Management of metastatic bone disease …

Material and structural modeling aspects of brain tissue deformation under dynamic loads

M Ratajczak, M Ptak, L Chybowski, K Gawdzińska… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work was to assess the numerous approaches to structural and material
modeling of brain tissue under dynamic loading conditions. The current technological …

Extended finite element method (XFEM) analysis of fiber reinforced composites for prediction of micro-crack propagation and delaminations in progressive damage: a …

RF Swati, LH Wen, H Elahi, AA Khan, S Shad - Microsystem Technologies, 2019 - Springer
Various methodologies and frameworks have been developed for extended finite element
method (XFEM) to simulate two-dimensional and three-dimensional microcrack initiation …

Cortical bone mapping improves finite element strain prediction accuracy at the proximal femur

E Schileo, J Pitocchi, C Falcinelli, F Taddei - Bone, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite evidence of the biomechanical role of cortical bone, current state of the art finite
element models of the proximal femur built from clinical CT data lack a subject-specific …

Image-based finite-element modeling of the human femur

C Falcinelli, C Whyne - Computer Methods in Biomechanics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fracture is considered a critical clinical endpoint in skeletal pathologies including
osteoporosis and bone metastases. However, current clinical guidelines are limited with …

The influence of fall direction and hip protector on fracture risk: FE model predictions driven by experimental data

ES Galliker, AC Laing, SJ Ferguson… - Annals of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Hip fractures in older adults, which often lead to lasting impairments and an increased risk of
mortality, are a major public health concern. Hip fracture risk is multi-factorial, affected by the …

Numerical modelling of hip fracture patterns in human femur

M Marco, E Giner, JR Caeiro-Rey, MH Miguélez… - Computer methods and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective Hip fracture morphology is an important factor
determining the ulterior surgical repair and treatment, because of the dependence of the …

Mechanical behavior of metastatic femurs through patient-specific computational models accounting for bone-metastasis interaction

C Falcinelli, A Di Martino, A Gizzi, G Vairo… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a computational model based on a finite-element formulation for
describing the mechanical behavior of femurs affected by metastatic lesions. A novel …

Supervised learning for bone shape and cortical thickness estimation from CT images for finite element analysis

V Chandran, G Maquer, T Gerig, P Zysset… - Medical image analysis, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about the thickness of the cortical bone is of high interest for fracture
risk assessment. Most finite element model solutions overlook this information because of …