A method for generating patient-specific finite element meshes for head modelling

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-495

  Gibson, A P ^a   Riley, J ^a   Schweiger, M ^a   Hebden, J C ^a   Arridge, S R ^a   Delpy, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORS;

FINITE ELEMENT MESHES;

MEDICINE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242500986     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/4/305     Document Type: Article

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