Abstract: Intraand interspecimen variations in trabecular anisotropy are often ignored in quantitative computed tomography (QCT)based finite element (FE) models of the vertebra. The material properties are typically estimated solely ...

Abstract: Abstract. Current spinal pain management procedures, such as radio frequency ablation (RFA) and epidural steroid injection (ESI), rely on fluoroscopy for needle placement which exposes patients and physicians to ionizing ...