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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on October 19, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 129(4):486-490; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm445
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Anatomical data and development of geometric models for the knee region bones

Luzia Venturini*, Gian-Maria A. A. Sordi and Fernanda Fernandes

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, Av. Professor Lineu Prestes 2242,05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

* Corresponding author: lventur{at}ipen.br

Received June 6, 2007, amended August 21, 2007, accepted September 3, 2007

Analytical geometric models for the bones of the knee region have been developed. A survey was done on real pieces to obtain the dimensions of the geometric sections used in each model. The dependence of the section dimensions on the bone length and the estimated dimensions of the bones for a 1.70 m tall person are presented. A parameter that attempts to relate the person's height to the bone length was included. Using reference data for the tissues and for bone composition, the models represent 8.7% (each knee) of a 10 kg skeleton and present the following densities: femur and tibia 1590 kg m–3, fibula 1660 kg m–3 and patella 1720 kg m–3.


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