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Three-Dimensional Modeling Of The Lumbar Spine For Simulation Purposes, Ayman Hamdy Mohamed Kassem

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Human spine modeling started gaining its popularity in world war II for military purposes as a result of studying the phenomenon of pilot spine cracking during ejection. It started with simple beam modeling and continued to get more complicated and realistic. Modeling the spine is a challenging problem because of its detailed anatomical structure, the motion of soft and bone tissues and the deformations that occur during different loads. Realistic spine modeling is expected to have a significant impact in a world where spinal injuries and deformities account for a large percentage of all injuries. In this research, a spinal …