Abstract Summary
Finite Element (FE) modeling can be used to simulate knee joint mechanics and estimate failure sites. Computed tomography (CT) has been underused in the model generation due to difficulties in soft tissue visualisation and consequent segmentation; hence, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been the gold standard. A recently developed atlas-based model generation method can be used without information about the soft tissues in the knee joint. Thus, the aim was to compare the differences between the atlas-based FE modeling of the knee generated from CT and MR images (n = 9). The models generated from both imaging modalities produced similar (p = 0.1-0.9) cartilage stresses and strains.
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