TY - JOUR N2 - An original method of skeletal system modelling is presented in detail. Using DICOM images obtained from CT and PET tests, shell models of nine bones were created (humerus, radius, ulna, scapula, clavicle, femur, tibia, fibula, pelvis). Two methods of bone behaviour are also proposed, the first method treating the bone as a solid structure and the second method treating the bone as a complex porous structure. The behaviour of model parts is numerically examined by using the finite element method. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/84756/PDF/04_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/84756 PY - 2013 IS - No 3 EP - 346 DO - 10.2478/meceng-2013-0022 KW - bone KW - trabecular KW - thresholding KW - modelling KW - FEM KW - DICOM A1 - Olszewski, Henryk A1 - Wojnicz, Wiktoria A1 - Wittbrodt, Edmund PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building VL - vol. 60 DA - 2013 T1 - Method of skeletal system modelling SP - 335 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/84756 T2 - Archive of Mechanical Engineering ER -