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4 CONCLUSIONS

A strategy has been proposed for modelling the

effect of the interaction of implants with bones

on the basis of preoperative medical images. The

strong points of the method are: a) the lack of

the segmentation procedure, with the exception

of the creation of the areas for the imposition of

the boundary conditions, and the simplicity of

introducing the prosthetic device by geometrical

models. The methodology has been successfully

implemented in 2D. The numerical result obtained

in this 2D implementation is promising regarding a

future implementation of the method for 3D prob-

lems with CT-scans.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

With the support ...