Creation of patient specific finite element models of bone-prosthesis—simulation of the effect of future implants

The work with 2D images, presented in this paper, represents a preliminary phase of the application of the method to MRI and CT scans and thus to more realistic 3D analyses. In this work the 2D geometry of a prosthesis has been superimposed on an x-ray image. Then the whole has been meshed and a stress analysis has been performed. The results are then shown and discussed.