Bone modeling: biomechanics, molecular mechanisms, and clinical perspectives

WE Roberts, S Huja, JA Roberts - Seminars in orthodontics, 2004 - Elsevier
Bone modeling is a mechanically mediated adaptive process for changing a bone's size,
shape, or position. Site specific, anabolic and catabolic modeling events are manifestations …

Three-dimensional finite element modeling of human ear for sound transmission

RZ Gan, B Feng, Q Sun - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2004 - Springer
An accurate, comprehensive finite element model of the human ear can provide better
understanding of sound transmission, and can be used for assessing the influence of …

Mammalian middle ear mechanics: A review

M Ugarteburu, RH Withnell, L Cardoso… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The middle ear is part of the ear in all terrestrial vertebrates. It provides an interface between
two media, air and fluid. How does it work? In mammals, the middle ear is traditionally …

Computer-integrated finite element modeling of human middle ear

Q Sun, RZ Gan, KH Chang, KJ Dormer - Biomechanics and modeling in …, 2002 - Springer
The objective of this study was to produce an improved finite element (FE) model of the
human middle ear and to compare the model with human data. We began with a systematic …

Viscoelastic properties of human tympanic membrane

T Cheng, C Dai, RZ Gan - Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2007 - Springer
The tympanic membrane or eardrum of human ear transfers sound waves into mechanical
vibration from the external ear canal into the middle ear and cochlea. Mechanical properties …

Acoustic–structural coupled finite element analysis for sound transmission in human ear—pressure distributions

RZ Gan, Q Sun, B Feng, MW Wood - Medical engineering & physics, 2006 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) model of human ear with accurate structural
geometry of the external ear canal, tympanic membrane (TM), ossicles, middle ear …

Three-dimensional finite element modeling of human ear for sound transmission

RZ Gan - US Patent 7,893,934, 2011 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A finite element model of an ear stored on a computer read able medium
having logic representing a three-dimensional geometric model of the ear; logic for meshing …

Computer-assisted time-averaged holograms of the motion of the surface of the mammalian tympanic membrane with sound stimuli of 0.4–25 kHz

JJ Rosowski, JT Cheng, ME Ravicz, N Hulli… - Hearing research, 2009 - Elsevier
Time-averaged holograms describing the sound-induced motion of the tympanic membrane
(TM) in cadaveric preparations from three mammalian species and one live ear were …

Details of human middle ear morphology based on micro‐CT imaging of phosphotungstic acid stained samples

D De Greef, JAN Buytaert, JRM Aerts… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A multitude of morphological aspects of the human middle ear (ME) were
studied qualitatively and/or quantitatively through the postprocessing and interpretation of …

Effects of model definitions and parameter values in finite element modeling of human middle ear mechanics

D De Greef, F Pires, JJJ Dirckx - Hearing research, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Despite continuing advances in finite element software, the realistic simulation
of middle ear response under acoustic stimulation continues to be challenging. One reason …