This is the dataset associated with the following journal paper published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.

Using Statistical Shape and Appearance Modelling to characterise the 3D shape and material properties of human lumbar vertebrae: A proof of concept study
Day G.A., Jones A.C., Wilcox R.K.

This data contains:

* Scan Data.zip: The scan data for the 14 input human lumbar vertebrae.
* InputFEA.zip: Abaqus CAE (2017) files, abaqus INP files, a python script to create and run abaqus jobs using the INP files and the loadPosition.csv file. Finally, the Simpleware ScanIP project files.
* InputSTL.zip: STL files describing the geometry of the input vertebrae.
* InputHistogramAndStatistics.zip: The raw histogram data used to analyze and make the figures in the associated paper.
* OutputFEA.zip: Abaqus INP files and a python script to create and run abaqus jobs using the INP files.
* OutputHistogramAndStatistics.zip: The raw histogram data used to analyze and make the figures in the associated paper.
* OutputSTL.zip: STL files describing the geometry of the generated vertebrae.
* Results.xlsx: The raw measurement results used to make the figure in the associated paper.