Effects of Scan Resolutions and Element Sizes on Bovine Vertebral Mechanical Parameters from Quantitative Computed Tomography-Based Finite Element Analysis

Table 1

Linear regression equations of nine bovine vertebral bodies for principal strains estimated from the two resolution models as predictors of experimental principal strains and the correlation coefficients.

Model number	PA resolution	Correlation coefficient ()	PB resolution	Correlation coefficient ()
Model 1		0.895		0.881
Model 2		0.750		0.740
Model 3		0.746		0.708
Model 4		0.821		0.868
Model 5		0.935		0.915
Model 6		0.804		0.804
Model 7		0.961		0.853
Model 8		0.766		0.766
Model 9		0.702		0.701