Abstract:The paper describe a method to construct a finite element model of the hip joint of a child based on clinical recorded CT data. A model which can be used for diagnostic aid and pre-operative surgical evaluation. First part of this development is a feasibility study of this method. A scan of the asymptomatic left hip of a 10-year-old girl with a dysplastic right hip was used. Cartilage was not visible why it was modeled as an interaction with constant thickness between two surfaces. For every point on the aceta… Show more
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