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Objective By developing an automatic procedure for optimization of femoro-tibial contact area for knee prosthesis, to summarize the influence pattern of design parameters on contact area, and discover the relationship between the maximum contact stress and contact area. Methods A parametric finite element (FE) model was developed in the Isight software, which included three components: automatic parameter changes for the geometric model, automatic modeling in the FE software, and automatic FE calculation. The automatic workflow was realized, and then contact areas were statistically analyzed. Results The FE model was validated by using Tekscan pressure distribution system. When the femoral sagittal radius was gradually close to the tibial sagittal radius, the contact area gradually reached to the maximum 295 mm2. The femoral sagittal radius had a positive effect on contact area, while the tibial sagittal radius had a negative effect. The maximum contact stress had a linear relationship with contact area approximately. Conclusions This study analyzed the influence of femoro-tibial sagittal radius on contact stress and contact area, and the research findings would provide references for the design on reducing wear of tibial insert in clinic.
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OBJECTIVE: To introduce the implementation method and design ideas to achieve automatic NIR (near-infrared spectroscopy) modeling and comparison function during the construction of "National Rapid Drug Testing Database Network Platform" and investigate and verify the feasibility of constructing the automatic rapid drug testing module using workflow technology. METHODS: Both the scientific data workflow and analysis tool Pipeline Pilot and the basic principle of two quick comparison algorithms of NIR were employed to construct a spectral processing and modeling workflow of drugs. Moreover, validation and comparison were carried out between our method and the instrument workstation software OPUS. RESULTS: The established workflow method was not only consistent with the results of OPUS, but also had the advantages of automation and easinessto use. CONCLUSION: The scientific workflow technology can be used to achieve automatic modeling and comparison function of NIR and easily introduce other chemometrics method in the future.