TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rusconi, Marco
A1  - Valleriani, Angelo
A1  - Dunlop, John William Chapman
A1  - Kurths, Jürgen
A1  - Weinkamer, Richard
T1  - Quantitative approach to the stochastics of bone remodeling
T2  - epl : a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics
N2  - During life bones constantly adapt their structure to their mechanical environment via a mechanically controlled process called bone remodeling. For trabecular bone, this process modifies the thickness of each trabecula leading occasionally to full resorption. We describe the irreversible dynamics of the trabecular thickness distribution (TTD) by means of a Markov chain discrete in space and time. By using thickness data from adult patients, we derive the transition probabilities in the chain. This allows a quantification, in terms of geometrical quantities, of the control of bone remodeling and thus to determine the evolution of the TTD with age.
Y1  - 2012
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36361
SN  - 0295-5075
VL  - 97
IS  - 2
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Mulhouse
ER  -