Geometric modeling of the human torso using cubic Hermite elements

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-111

  Bradley, C P ^a   Pullan, A J ^a   Hunter, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data fitting; Torso model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; SKIN;

CUBIC HERMITE ELEMENTS; NONLINEAR SOBELOV SMOOTHING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; LUNG; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; TRUNK;

ABDOMEN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; THORAX;

EID: 0031035760     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02738542     Document Type: Article

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