David Thomas

Structural and Material Changes of Human Cortical Bone With Age: Lessons from the Melbourne Femur Research Collection

Romane Blanchard, C David L Thomas, Rita Hardiman, John G Clement, David C Cooper, Peter Pivonka

Book Chapter  |  2019

Age-related bone diseases, such as osteoporosis (OP), have a detrimental impact on individuals and society. One in ten people who ..

Lacunar-canalicular network in femoral cortical bone is reduced in aged women and is predominantly due to a loss of canalicular porosity.

AM Ashique, LS Hart, CDL Thomas, JG Clement, P Pivonka, Y Carter, DD Mousseau, DML Cooper

Journal article  |  2017  |  Bone Rep

The lacunar-canalicular network (LCN) of bone contains osteocytes and their dendritic extensions, which allow for intercellular co..

Does 3D orientation account for variation in osteon morphology assessed by 2D histology?

Cheryl Hennig, C David L Thomas, John G Clement, David ML Cooper

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

The primary microstructural unit of cortical bone, the secondary osteon or Haversian system, is widely assumed to have a cylindric..

The relationship between porosity and specific surface in human cortical bone is subject specific (vol 72, pg 109, 2015)

C Lerebours, CDL Thomas, JG Clement, PR Buenzli, P Pivonka

Journal article  |  2015  |  BONE

Ultrananocrystalline diamond-CMOS device integration route for high acuity retinal prostheses

A Ahnood, MC Escudie, R Cicione, CD Abeyrathne, K Ganesan, KE Fox, DJ Garrett, A Stacey, NV Apollo, SG Lichter, CDL Thomas, N Tran, H Meffin, S Prawer

Journal article  |  2015  |  BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

High density electrodes are a new frontier for biomedical implants. Increasing the density and the number of electrodes used for t..

The relationship between porosity and specific surface in human cortical bone is subject specific

C Lerebours, CDL Thomas, JG Clement, PR Buenzli, P Pivonka

Journal article  |  2015  |  BONE

A characteristic relationship for bone between bone volume fraction (BV/TV) and specific surface (BS/TV) has previously been propo..

Indeterminate Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Results Reply

John Massie, Lynn Gillam

Journal article  |  2015  |  PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Normal variation in cortical osteocyte lacunar parameters in healthy young males

Yasmin Carter, Jessica L Suchorab, C David L Thomas, John G Clement, David ML Cooper

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

The most abundant cell in bone, osteocytes form an interconnected system upon which the regulation of healthy bone relies. Althoug..

The MAP Client: User-Friendly Musculoskeletal Modelling Workflows

Ju Zhang, Hugh Sorby, John Clement, C David L Thomas, Peter Hunter, Poul Nielsen, David Lloyd, Mark Taylor, Thor Besier

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  BIOMEDICAL SIMULATION

Subject-specific models of the musculoskeletal system are capable of accurately estimating function and loads and show promise for..

An anatomical region-based statistical shape model of the human femur

J Zhang, D Malcolm, J Hislop-Jambrich, CDL Thomas, PMF Nielsen

Journal article  |  2014  |  Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization

We present a workflow for producing a statistical shape model (SSM) of the femur with automatically defined regions resembling gen..