13 citations
2 papers
physics.bio-ph2010★ 7 cited
Bone in vivo: Surface mapping technique
Yifang Fan, Yubo Fan, Zhiyu Lin +1
Bone surface mapping technique is proposed on the bases of two kinds of uniqueness of bone in vivo, (i) magnitude of the principal moments of inertia, (ii) the direction cosines of…
physics.bio-ph2010★ 13 cited
Foot Bone in Vivo: Its Center of Mass and Centroid of Shape
Yifang Fan, Mushtaq Loan, Yubo Fan +2
This paper studies foot bone geometrical shape and its mass distribution and establishes an assessment method of bone strength. Using spiral CT scanning, with an accuracy of sub-mi…