Abstract Purpose of Review We re-evaluated clinical applications of image-to-FE models to
understand if clinical advantages are already evident, which proposals are promising, and …

Pedobarographic examination is a non-invasive method that enables the quantitative and
qualitative evaluation of plantar pressure distribution, notably the plantar pressure …

This work aims to present an XRCT-based FEM methodology to assess the influence of
porosity defects on the mechanical behavior and failure of L-PBF AlSi10Mg components …

The prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has been steadily increasing over the years,
rendering it a pressing global health concern that significantly impacts women's physical …

Rapid and accurate muscle segmentation is essential for the diagnosis and monitoring of
many musculoskeletal diseases. As gold standard, manual annotation suffers from intensive …

Abstract Patient-specific Biomechanical Models (PBMs) can enhance computer assisted
surgical procedures with critical information. Although pre-operative data allow to …

Computer representations of three-dimensional (3D) geometries are crucial for simulating
systems and processes in engineering and science. In medicine, and more specifically …

Craniofacial surgery is proposed and performed for a variety of reasons, ranging from
congenital or acquired malformations to emotional disorders and parafunctions of the …

Background and objective It is common to combine biomechanical modeling and medical
images for multimodal analyses. However, mesh-image mismatch may occur that prevents …

The increasing development in computational technology has allowed the use of numerical
modeling and analysis to investigate the mechanical behavior of single human vertebra …