Conference Agenda

INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF NANOSCALE GEOMETRY ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDROXYAPATITE PLATELETS

L. Ravazzano¹, L. Alfonso², F. Libonati^1,2

¹Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 20133 Milano, Italy; ²Department of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transport Engineering – DIME, University of Genova, 16100 Genova, Italy

FRACTURE MECHANICS OF CORTICAL BONE AT THE MICROSCALE BY SRΜCT IMAGING AND DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATION

M. Peña Fernández¹, J. Schwiedrzik², A. Bürki³, F. Peyrin⁴, J. Michler², P. Zysset³, U. Wolfram¹

¹School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, Thun, Switzerland; ³ARTORG Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ⁴Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS UMR 5220, Inserm U1294, CREATIS, Lyon, France

MICROCRACK NUCLEATION AND FRACTURE IN BONE ULTRASTRUCTURE: A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY

H. Alijani, T. Vaughan

Biomedical Engineering and Biomechanics Research Centre, School of Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

CICLOPE: AN OPEN SOURCE PACKAGE TO BUILD FINITE ELEMENT MODELS FROM MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES

G. Iori¹, M. Pani², G. Crimi³, G. Fraterrigo³, F. Taddei³, E. Schileo³

¹Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, Jordan; ²School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, UK; ³IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy

DOES 3D-REGISTRATION IMPROVE REPEATABILITY OF HR-PQCT-BASED HOMOGENIZED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS?

M. Indermaur¹, D. Schenk¹, K. Lippuner², P. Zysset¹

¹ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Switzerland; ²Department of Osteoporosis, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland

QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF BONE MICROARCHITECTURE IN THE HUMAN KNEE USING PHOTON-COUNTING CT IS FEASIBLE

F. Azari¹, W. Coudyzer², C. E. Wyers^3,4,5, J. P. van den Bergh^3,4, G. H. van Lenthe¹

¹Ku Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands; ⁴Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; ⁵Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands

TOPOGRAPHY OPTIMISATION OF AN EXTERNAL CIRCULAR FIXATOR

W. Barros¹, F. Nemavhola², D. Desai¹, H. Ngwangwa³, T. Pandelani⁴

¹Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa; ²Durban University of Technology; ³University of South Africa; ⁴Defence and Security, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa

INVESTIGATING SKELETAL PERI- AND POST-MORTEM TRAUMA

A. K Maier¹, A. Manzella¹, N. Marquez-Grant¹, P. Zioupos²

¹Cranfield University, UK; ²University of Hull, UK