Personalized geometry digitization technique of the vertebromotor segment L4-L5 in vivo

The article aim is to present a technique for digitizing personalized lumbar computed tomography data into a finite element geometric model of the vertebromotor segment L 4- L 5 in vivo . The computer tomography images set digitization of the lumbar spine without pathological changes took place using Mimics Materialise . A total of 34 people were selected in the study, including 20 men and 14 women. The young patients’ age is ranged from 19 to 41 years. The article presents a technique for digitizing personalized data of computed tomography of the lumbar region into a finite element geometric model of the vertebromotor segment L 4- L 5 in vivo in Mimics Materialise . As an example, the technique application to obtain morphometric parameters of the vertebromotor segment L 4- L 5 in vivo on a finite element model is analyzed. The technique of digitizing personalized computed tomography data into a finite element geometric model in vivo can be used for any the spine segment.