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Table 1 Relative changes in vertebral volume, before and after smoothing with PATRAN

From: Biomechanical analysis of the lumbar spine on facet joint force and intradiscal pressure - a finite element study

Vertebra

3D-Doctor

PATRAN

Relative

 

(mm3)

(mm3)

Error (%)

L1

55967.03

54740.16

2.19

L2

62952.83

61648.31

2.07

L3

62931.89

61842.08

1.73

L4

70881.32

69461.11

2.01

L5

65987.41

64817.10

1.77

Total

318720.48

312508.76

1.95