| Chapter 1 | Mechanobiology of bone regeneration and bone adaptation to achieve stable long-term fixation of endosseous implants |
| Introduction; Bone regeneration; Bone adaptation; Conclusion | |
| Chapter 2 | Computational simulation of trabecular surface remodeling using voxel finite element method |
| Introduction; Method of voxel finite element simulation for trabecular surface remodeling; Functional adaptation of cancellous bone in proximal femur predicted by trabecular surface remodeling simulation; Trabecular surface remodeling simulation for cancellous bone using microstructural voxel finite element models | |
| Chapter 3 | Patient specific bone and joints modeling and tissue characterization derived from medical images |
| Introduction; Methods; Applications; Discussion; Conclusions and perspectives | |
| Chapter 4 | A coupled mechanical-biological computational approach to simulate antiresorbtive-drugs effects on osteoporosis |
| Introduction; Bone histomorphometrical values; Biphosphonates: Alendronate; Proposed model; Results; Conclusion | |
| Chapter 5 | A computational model to analyze the bone behaviour after a Total Hip Arthroplasty |
Introduction; Bone remodeling model; Bone remodeling around implants; The ingrowth control; Numerical implementation; Results; Discussion |
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| Chapter 6 | Numerical simulations can influence and undermine the reliability of results in THR |
Introduction; Influence of finite element and mesh density; Physiological loading and relevance of muscle simulation; Constrained versus unconstrained femoral head; Physiological loading of the implanted femur; Concluding remarks |
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| Chapter 7 | Structural analysis for pre-surgery planning: two applications in dentristry and urology |
Introduction; Dental biomechanics; Pelvic floor biomechanics; Conclusions |
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| Chapter 8 | A numerical evaluation of the posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on the biomechanics of the knee joint |
| Introduction; Previous works on PCL; Numerical model of the knee joint; Results; Discussion | |
| Chapter 9 | Tissue modeling and visualization using virtual reality |
| Introduction; 3D data visualization; Medical image segmentation; Scene navigation; A simple prototype of virtual reality workbench | |
| Chapter 10 | Biomechanics and the cyber-infrastructure: delivering the bone and other models to the surgeon |
Introduction; Bone remodeling algorithms; Using FE to create a virtual muscle; An overview of the CI; An implementation of a CI for biomechanics; A call to action |
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