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Tooth Cusp Radius Of Curvature As A Dietary Correlate In Primates, Michael Anthony Berthaume
Tooth Cusp Radius Of Curvature As A Dietary Correlate In Primates, Michael Anthony Berthaume
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Tooth cusp radius of curvature (RoC) has been hypothesized to play an important role in food item breakdown, but has remained largely unstudied due to difficulties in measuring and modeling RoC in multicusped teeth. We tested these hypotheses using a parametric model of a four cusped, maxillary, bunodont molar in conjunction with finite element analysis. When our data failed to support existing hypotheses, we put forth and tested the Complex Cusp Hypothesis which states that, during brittle food items breakdown, an optimally shaped molar would be maximizing stresses in the food item while minimizing stresses in the enamel. After gaining …
Representing Intersubject Variability With A Statistical Shape And Alignment Model Of The Knee, Chandreshwar Rao
Representing Intersubject Variability With A Statistical Shape And Alignment Model Of The Knee, Chandreshwar Rao
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Prior statistical shape models have not considered multiple structures in the knee joint to characterize anatomic variation which are required to investigate joint mechanics further for the successful knee replacement. Accordingly, the study's objective was to develop statistical shape and alignment model (SSAM) to capture intersubject variability and demonstrate the ability to generate realistic instances for use in finite element analysis (FEA). SSAM described the variability in the training set of 20 subjects with a series of modes of variation obtained by performing principal component analysis (PCA). PCA produced modes of variation with the first 3 modes representing 70% and …