A computational simulation method for three-dimensional trabecular surface remodeling was proposed, using voxel finite element models of cancellous bone, and was applied to the experimental data. In the simulation, the trabecular microstructure was modeled based on digital images, and its morphological changes due to surface movement at the trabecular level were directly expressed by removing/adding the voxel elements from/to the trabecular surface. A remodeling simulation at the single trabecular level under uniaxial compressive loading demonstrated smooth morphological changes even though the trabeculae were modeled with discrete voxel elements. Moreover, the trabecular axis rotated toward the loading direction with increasing stiffness, simulating functional adaptation to the applied load. In the remodeling simulation at the trabecular structural level, a cancellous bone cube was modeled using a digital image obtained by microcomputed tomography (μCT), and was uniaxially compressed. As a result, the apparent stiffness against the applied load increased by remodeling, in which the trabeculae reoriented to the loading direction. In addition, changes in the structural indices of the trabecular architecture coincided qualitatively with previously published experimental observations. Through these studies, it was demonstrated that the newly proposed voxel simulation technique enables us to simulate the trabecular surface remodeling and to compare the results obtained using this technique with the in vivo experimental data in the investigation of the adaptive bone remodeling phenomenon.
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Trabecular Surface Remodeling Simulation for Cancellous Bone Using Microstructural Voxel Finite Element Models
Taiji Adachi,
Taiji Adachi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan
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Ken-ichi Tsubota,
Ken-ichi Tsubota
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan
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Yoshihiro Tomita,
Yoshihiro Tomita
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan
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Scott J. Hollister
Scott J. Hollister
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
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Taiji Adachi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan
Ken-ichi Tsubota
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan
Yoshihiro Tomita
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan
Scott J. Hollister
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
Contributed by the Bioengineering Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Manuscript received by the Bioengineering Division February 22, 2000; revised manuscript received April 25, 2001. Associate Editor: T. M. Keaveny.
J Biomech Eng. Oct 2001, 123(5): 403-409 (7 pages)
Published Online: April 25, 2001
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Adachi , T., Tsubota , K., Tomita, Y., and Hollister, S. J. (April 25, 2001). "Trabecular Surface Remodeling Simulation for Cancellous Bone Using Microstructural Voxel Finite Element Models ." ASME. J Biomech Eng. October 2001; 123(5): 403–409. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1392315
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