Contents

  1. Target Outcome
  2. Prerequisites
    1. Infrastructure
    2. Previous Protocols
  3. Protocols
    1. Input
    2. Procedures
    3. Output

Target Outcome

Finite element mesh of the full knee OR compartments of interest, e.g. cruciate complex, patellofemoral joint, ready for model development:

Prerequisites

Infrastructure

  • Python. Python is a programming language (GPL compatible license, http://www.python.org/). Python is the default scripting environment for Open Knee(s); for more details, please refer to Infrastructure/ScriptingEnvironment.

  • SciPy. SciPy is a Python based open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering (BSD license, see http://www.scipy.org/).

  • Spyder. Spyder is an interactive development environment for Python with advanced editing, interactive testing, debugging and introspection features (MIT license, see http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/).

  • npTDMS. npTDMS is Cross-platform, NumPy based module for reading TDMS files produced by LabVIEW. TDMS files are the binary files used for the robotic testing raw data. (LGPL license, see https://pypi.python.org/pypi/npTDMS/).

Previous Protocols

For more details, see Specifications/MeshGeneration.

Protocols

Input

Finite element mesh of ALL tissues of interest (within the compartment or in the whole knee); in human readable format, e.g., Abaqus input (INP) file, XML file, or as open format binary files, e.g., MED file, including

Procedures

-- aerdemir 2014-02-19 11:41:32 This section may list general purpose procedures and alternatives to utilize the same input to reach the same output. Procedures optimized for the whole knee or its compartments should also be provided in here.

Output