Recurring Meeting of Cleveland Clinic Core Team

Date: July 7, 2015

Time: 10:30 AM EST

Means: In person meeting

Attendees:

1. Ahmet Erdemir
2. Snehal Chokhandre
3. Craig Bennetts
4. Tara Bonner
5. Omar Gad
6. Connor Lough
7. Diana Suciu
8. Raghav Malik

Agenda:

1. Discuss immediate action items from the last meeting.
2. Discuss research student assignments for the remaining term.
3. Decide immediate action items for the next meeting.
4. Other.

Immediate Action Items:

• Craig
  • Provide sample MR images for oks008 in the relevant wiki page.
  • Convert meniscal horn ligaments in Open Knee(s) - Generation 1 model to tension only.
• Snehal
  • Continue testing all tissue types at 20%/s to evaluate the capacity for a simplified testing scheme.
  • Schedule imaging for the remainder of the year.
• Robb
  • Conduct post-experiment calibration of pressure sensor used for oks008 testing.
• All Students
  • Update/review image segmentation and geometry generation specifications.
• Connor
  • Finish segmenting registration markers.
  • Update registration error estimation script relying on marker distances and angles.
  • Complete definition of springs between tibia and menisci in Open Knee(s) - Generation 1 model.
• Diana
  • Continue working with Tara to complete verification of contact pressure analysis with Robb and Tara (using Tekscan original files).
  • Complete definition of springs between MCL and medial meniscus in Open Knee(s) - Generation 1 model.
• Omar
  • Talk to Raghav on the implementation of springs in the Open Knee(s) - Generation 1 file.
  • Complete definition of springs to represent transverse ligaments between menisci in Open Knee(s) - Generation 1 model.
• Raghav
  • Work with Snehal on background and lighting of the specimen for minimizing uncertainties in thickness measurement.
  • Complete features for removal of artificial thickness measurements.
  • Meet Omar and start learning FEBio for future implementation of springs to represent additional structures.

Ongoing Action Items:

• Ahmet
• Dissemination of joint mechanics testing data.
• Prepare flowcharts to describe data flow for pre-processing of joint kinematics/kinetics data.

• Craig
  • Anatomical imaging manuscript.
  • Large-scale analysis of simulation parameters for convergence.
• Snehal
  • Continue interacting up with Biomomentum, Inc. about mechanical testing system tuning features.
  • Complete the additional structured testing plan for tuning the system for different sample sizes, strain levels and strain rates.
  • Pivot shift manuscript.

  • Cruciate ligament modeling & simulation.

  • Evaluate alternative tissue testing strategy.
• Robb
  • Patellofemoral joint experimentation manuscript.
• Tara
  • Tibiofemoral joint experimentation manuscript.

Notes:

1. Discuss immediate action items from the last meeting.
   • TBD
2. Discuss research student assignments for the remaining term.
   • TBD
3. Decide immediate action items for the next meeting.
   • TBD
4. Other.
   • TBD