Internal strain in the proximal human femur: A digital volume correlation analysis of time-lapsed synchrotron-light images of femoral fracture.

Saulo Martelli, Mario Giorgi, Enrico Dall'Ara, Egon Perilli

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Abstract

Understanding the mechanism of osteoporotic femoral neck fractures is important for improving diagnosis and treatments of osteoporosis. Time-elapsed micro-CT imaging, step-wise loading and Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) can provide the volumetric deformation in small bone specimens [1] and vertebral bodies [2], but its application to the proximal human femur is challenging. This study aims at developing a protocol to measure volumetric strain distribution from synchrotron micro-CT images of the human proximal femur, while subjected to incremental loading up to fracture.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event8th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2018) - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 8 Jul 201812 Jul 2018
Conference number: 8th
http://wcb2018.com/ (Conference website)

Conference

Conference8th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2018)
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period8/07/1812/07/18
Internet address

Keywords

  • Digital volume correlation
  • micro-CT
  • bone fractures

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