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Dr Alison C Jones
Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Leeds
LS2 9JT, UK
Tel: [+44] (0)113 343 2125, Fax: [+44] (0)113 2424611
E-mail: a.c.jones@leeds.ac.uk, Room: 343
Position: Knowledge Transfer Officer
Development of a Computational Platform and Portfolio of Biomechanical Models and Software Packages for Simulation of Orthopaedic Devices Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF3)
EPSRC
Supervisor: Dr Ruth K Wilcox, Dr Louise M Jennings
Computer models are playing an increasingly significant role in the
analysis of orthopaedic devices and treatments. The numerical
simulation of cases can provide initial information on safety and
effectiveness at a much lower cost than experimentation. Predictions
from techniques such as the finite element method are being taken up
across the industry for early prototyping and to complement experimental
testing.
This project aims to develop numerical tests predicting various
aspects of artificial hip and spinal device performance. In line with
the extensive experimental testing of orthopaedic devices, the
computational tests will be included as part of the contract research
evaluation services provided to industry by the Institute of Medical
and Biological Engineering.
This development is in conjunction with the Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Centre of Industrial Collaboration (BITE CIC, www.bitecic.com).
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Publications
| Wijayathunga, VN; Jones, AC; Oakland, RJ; Furtado, NR; Hall, RM; Wilcox, RK Development of specimen-specific finite element models of human vertebrae for the analysis of vertebroplasty.. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 222, pp.221-228. 2008. | LINK |
| Jones, AC; Wilcox, RK Finite element analysis of the spine: Towards a framework of verification, validation and sensitivity analysis. Medical Engineering and Physics, vol. 30, pp.1287-1304. 2008. | DOI |
| Jones, AC; Wilcox, RK Assessment of factors influencing finite element vertebral model predictions. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 129, pp.898-903. 2007. | DOI |
| Baines, MJ; Hubbard, ME; Jimack, PK; Jones, AC Scale-invariant moving finite elements for nonlinear partial differential equations in two dimensions. Applied Numerical Mathematics, vol. 56, pp.230-252. 2006. | DOI |
| Jones, AC; Wilcox, RK Optimisation of FE model generation methods for reliable vertebrae representation in: 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, vol. 39, pp.S644. Elsevier. 2006. | |
| Jones, AC; Magee, DR; Bulpitt, AJ; Wilcox, RK A level-set based medical image segmentation tool for the creation of spinal finite element models in: 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, vol. 39, pp.S644. Elsevier. 2006. | |
| Jones, AC; Wilcox, RK; Magee, DR; Bulpitt, AJ Level-set based medical image segmentation tools for the creation of spinal finite element models in: Middleton, J, Shrive, N G & Evans, S (editors) Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering CMBBE2006. 2006. | |
| Graham, EM; Magennis, SW; MacNamara, KG; Jones, AC; Towers, CE; Towers, DP Quantitative spatial mapping of mixing in microfluidic systems in: 6th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Pasadena, California, USA, September 21-23, 2005. 2005. | |
| Jones, AC; Jimack, PK An adaptive multigrid tool for elliptic and parabolic systems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 47, pp.1123-1128. 2005. | DOI |
