IMAGE-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF VERTEBRAL BONE STIFFNESS: PHOTON COUNTING CT VERSUS CONVENTIONAL CT

J. Quintiens¹, W. Coudyzer², G. H. van Lenthe¹

¹Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Belgium; ²University Hospital Leuven, Belgium

MULTI- VS. SINGLE-STACK HR-PQCT SCANS OF DISTAL SKELETON: SIMILAR MICROSTRUCTURE, DIFFERENT STIFFNESS

A. Pollaci¹, S. Poncioni^1,2, K. Lippuner², P. Zysset¹

¹ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ²Policlinic for Osteoporosis, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

PHOTON-COUNTING CT: A RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO HIGH-RESOLUTION-PQCT FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE RADIUS

E. Paravisi¹, J. Quintiens¹, W. Coudyzer², M. Bevers^3,4, J. van den Bergh^3,4, G. H. van Lenthe¹

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands; ⁴NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research In Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands

MECHANICAL DESCRIPTORS FOR HIP FRACTURE DISCRIMINATION BY 3D-DXA-BASED FINITE ELEMENT MODELS

E. Alizadeh¹, C. Ruiz Wills¹, L. del Rio², S. Di Gregorio², L. Humbert³, J. Noailly¹

¹Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; ²CETIR Ascires, Barcelona, Spain; ³3D-Shaper Medical, Barcelona, Spain

EVALUATION OF AN IN VIVO PHANTOMLESS CALIBRATION METHOD IN CT-BASED FINITE ELEMENT MODELS: METASTATIZED FEMURS

A. Levillain¹, E. Jourdain¹, M. Gardegaront¹, C. Confavreux^2,3,4, J.-B. Pialat^2,5, F. Bermond¹, G. H. van Lenthe⁶, D. Mitton¹, H. Follet⁴

¹Univ Lyon - Univ Eiffel, France; ²HCL, Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, France; ³CEMOS, Service de Rhumatologie, IC-HCL, France; ⁴Univ Lyon, UCBL, INSERM, LYOS UMR 1033, France; ⁵INSA-Lyon, CREATIS UMR5220, UCBL, France; ⁶Biomechanics section, KU Leuven, Belgium

CAN STATISTICAL SHAPE AND DENSITY MODELS PREDICT FEMORAL AND TIBIAL STRESS AND STRAIN IN CHILDREN?

Y. Xu, L. Carman, T. Besier, J. Choisne

Auckland Bioengineering Institute, New Zealand

THE MECHANISM OF PINNACLE UHMWPE LINER DISSOCIATION – A PRELIMINAR STUDY THROUGH DAMAGED SURFACE ANALYSIS

R. Reis Damasceno Neto^1,2, C. R. de Mello Roesler^1,2, P. Ortega Cubillos^1,2, G. V. Salmoria^1,2, O. De Sandes Kimura³, L. Lourenco Pinto Peixoto³

¹Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory, Federal University of Santa Catarina (LEBm/UFSC), Brazil; ²Retrieval Analysis Center - CNAEx, Brazil; ³National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Brazil